List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
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The following page lists all pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations that are larger than in current net capacity, which are currently operational or under construction. Those power stations that are smaller than , and those that are decommissioned or only at a planning/proposal stage may be found in regional lists, listed at the end of the page.
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
| Station | Country | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station |  United States |
35°0′40.02"N 83°0′52.23"W | 1,065 | |
| Bailianhe Hydroelectric Station |  Mainland China |
1,224 | ||
| Baoquan Pumped Hydroelectric Station | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Bath County Pumped Storage Station Bath County Pumped Storage Station The Bath County Pumped Storage Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant with a generation capacity of 2,772 megawatts . The station is located in the northern corner of Bath County, Virginia, on the southeast side of the Eastern Continental Divide, which forms this section of the... |
United States |
38°12′32"N 79°48′00"W | 2,772 | |
| Blenheim-Gilboa Hydroelectric Power Station | United States |
42°27′18"N 74°27′29"W | 1,134 | |
| Castaic Power Plant Castaic Power Plant Castaic Power Plant is a seven unit pumped-storage hydroelectric plant, operated by LADWP, which provides peak load power from the falling water on the West Branch of the California State Aqueduct... |
United States |
34°35′14"N 118°39′23"W | 1,566 | |
| Chiotas Dam |  Italy |
1,184 | ||
 Belgium |
50.3867143°N 5.8572578°W | 1,164 | ||
| Dinorwig Power Station Dinorwig power station The Dinorwig Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, north Wales... |
 United Kingdom |
53°07′07"N 04°06′50"W | 1,728 | |
| Dniester Pumped Storage Power Station Dniester Pumped Storage Power Station The Dniester Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric scheme that uses the Dniester River northeast of Sokyriany in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine... |
 Ukraine |
48°30′49"N 27°28′24"E | 2,268 | |
| Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme Construction on the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme started in 1974 and was completed by 1981.Four dams are involved in the scheme; the Driekloof Dam , the Kilburn Dam, the Woodstock Dam and the Driel Barrage. Electricity generation equipment is located between Driekloof Dam and Kilburn Dam... |
 South Africa |
28°34′23"S 29°05′13"E | 1,000 | |
| Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station The Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station is a pump-fed power station in the Thüringer slate mountains at the upper run of the Schwarza between Goldisthal and disk when brook and in the year 2003 in enterprise was taken. It is with an output of 1.060 MW the largest hydro-electric power plant of Germany... |
 Germany |
1,060 | ||
| Grand Maison Dam |  Early Modern France |
1,800 | ||
| Guangdong Pumped Storage Power Station | Mainland China |
23°45′52"N 113°57′12"E | 2,400 | |
| Heimifeng Pumped Storage Power Station | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Helms Pumped Storage Project | United States |
37°02′13.78"N 118°57′53.63"W | 1,200 | |
| Huhhot Dam | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Station Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Station The Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power station near Huizhou in Guangdong province, China. It contains 8 pump-generators that total a 2,400 MW installed capacity... |
Mainland China |
23°16′07"N 114°18′50"E | 2,400 | |
| Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme The Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme is under construction by Eskom in the escarpment of the Little Drakensberg range straddling the border of the Free State and KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The Scheme will consists of an upper and a lower dam 4.6 km apart and connected by tunnels... |
South Africa |
1,332 | ||
| Imaichi Dam |  Japan |
1,050 | ||
| Jixi Pumped Storage Station | Mainland China |
1,280 | ||
| Kannagawa Hydropower Plant Kannagawa Hydropower Plant The Kannagawa Hydropower Plant is an under construction pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant near Minamiaiki in Nagano Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The power plant utilizes the Minamiaiki River along with an upper and lower reservoir created by two dams, the upper Minamiaiki Dam and... |
Japan |
36°00′18"N 138°39′09"E | 2,820 | |
| Kazunogawa Dam | Japan |
35°43′07"N 138°55′47"E | 1,600 | |
| Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant is located near Kruonis, Lithuania, east of Kaunas. Its main purpose is to provide a spinning reserve of the power system, to regulate the load curve of the power system 24 hours a day. It operates in conjunction with the Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant... |
 Lithuania |
54°47′56"N 24°14′51"E | 1,600 | |
| Lago Delio Hydroelectric Station | Italy |
1,040 | ||
| Linth-Limmern Pumped Storage Station |  Switzerland |
1,000 | ||
| Liyang Hydroelectric Power Station | Mainland China |
1,000 | ||
| Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant is a hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Ludington, Michigan. It was built between 1969 and 1973 at a cost of $315 million and is owned jointly by Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison and operated by Consumers Energy... |
United States |
43°53′37"N 86°26′43"W | 1,872 | |
| Malta-Reisseck Power Plant Group |  Austria |
46°52′14"N 13°19′46"E | 1,026 | |
| Markersbach Dam | Germany |
1,050 | ||
| Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Station | Japan |
1,200 | ||
| Minghu Dam |  Republic of China |
1,000 | ||
| Mingtan Dam Mingtan Dam The Mingtan Dam spans the Shuili River about downstream from the outlet of Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan. About high, the dam was completed in 1990. It forms Minghu Reservoir which is the lower reservoir for the Minghu Pumped-Storage Project... |
Republic of China |
1,602 | ||
| Mount Elbert Mount Elbert Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains of North America, at , the highest of the fourteeners in Colorado, and the high point of the Sawatch Range. It is located in Lake County, approximately southwest of Leadville... |
United States |
1,412 | ||
| Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped-storage hydroelectric generation facility in Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, USA. When completed in 1968, Muddy Run was the largest pumped-storage facility in the world... |
United States |
39°48′29"N 76°17′54"W | 1,071 | |
| Northfield Mountain Northfield Mountain Northfield Mountain, , is a mountain ridge located in Erving and Northfield, Massachusetts. long by long, the mountain is composed of several distinct peaks and ledges, most notabily Rattlesnake Mountain , Rose Ledges , and Hermit Mountain... |
United States |
42°36′36.51"N 72°26′50.63"W | 1,080 | |
| Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station The Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Asago, in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. With a total installed capacity of a , it is one of the largest pumped-storage power stations in the world, and the largest in Japan... |
Japan |
1,932 | ||
| Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station | Japan |
1,206 | ||
| Piastra Edolo Pumped Storage Station | Italy |
1,020 | ||
| Presenzano Pumped Storage Power Station | Italy |
1,000 | ||
| Pushihe Pumped Storage Power Station | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake (California) Pyramid Lake is an artificial lake formed by Pyramid Dam on Piru Creek, near Castaic, California. The reservoir lies on the border between the Angeles National Forest and the Los Padres National Forest in the northwestern portion of Los Angeles County.... |
United States |
34°38′39"N 118°45′51"W | 1,495 | |
| Qingyuan Pumped Storage Station | Mainland China |
1,280 | ||
| Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station in Marion County, just west of Chattanooga in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The facility is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority... |
United States |
35°02′55"N 85°23′48"W | 1,530 | |
| Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant | United States |
34°20′41"N 85°18′14"W | 1,046 | |
| Shin Takasegawa Pumped Storage Station | Japan |
36°28′26"N 137°41′23"E | 1,280 | |
| Shintoyone Dam Shintoyone Dam The Shintoyone Dam is a multipurpose dam in the village of Toyone in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan.-History:The potential of the Tenryū River valley for hydroelectric power development was realized by the Meiji government at the start of the 20th century. The Tenryū River was characterized by a... |
Japan |
35°07′33"N 137°45′38"E | 1,125 | |
| Siah Bisheh Dam Siah Bisheh Dam Siah Bisheh Dam is a hydroelectric dam and Pumped-storage hydroelectricity station currently under construction in Iran's Mazandaran Province with an installed electricity generating capability of 1,040 MW during peak hours. It has the capability to take in 940 MW of electricity off the... |
 Iran |
1,140 | ||
| Taian Pumped Storage Power Station | Mainland China |
1,000 | ||
| Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station | Japan |
1,200 | ||
| Tashlyk Hydro-Accumulating Power Station | Ukraine |
1,494 | ||
| Tehri Pumped Storage Power Station Tehri dam The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex... |
 India |
30°22′40"N 78°28′50"E | 1,000 | |
| Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station The Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage power station in Tainhuangping, Anji County of Zhejiang Province, China. The power station has an installed capacity of 1836 MW utilizing 6 x reversible Francis turbines... |
Mainland China |
30°28′13"N 119°36′21"E | 1,836 | |
| Tongbai Pumped Storage Station | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Tumut-3 |  Australia |
1,500 | ||
| Vianden Pumped Storage Plant |  Luxembourg |
1,296 | ||
| Xiangshuijian Pumped Storage Station | Mainland China |
1,000 | ||
| Xianyou Pumped-storage Power Station | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Xilongchi Pumped Storage Power Station | Mainland China |
1,200 | ||
| Yangyang Pumped Storage Power Station Yangyang Pumped Storage Power Station The Yangyang Pumped Storage Power Station uses the water of the Namdae-Chun River to operate a 1,000 MW pumped storage hydroelectric power scheme, about west of Yangyang in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The lower reservoir is created by the Yangyang Dam on the Namdae and the upper reservoir by... |
 South Korea |
38°00′37"N 128°32′34"E | 1,000 | |
| Yixing Pumped Storage Power Station | Mainland China |
1,000 | ||
| Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Sergiev Posad, Russia. Zagorsk-1 has a 1200 MW installed capacity and was Russia's first power plant of that type. The project was approved in 1974, the first two generators operational in 1987 and the rest by 2000... |
 Russia |
56°28′55"N 38°11′28"E | 1,200 | |
| Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Station | Mainland China |
1,000 | ||
| Zhuhai Pumped Storage Station | Mainland China |
1,800 | ||
See also
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- List of hydroelectric power stations
- List of largest power stations in the world
- Pumped-storage hydroelectricityPumped-storage hydroelectricityPumped-storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric power generation used by some power plants for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation. Low-cost off-peak electric power is used to run the pumps...
- List of hydroelectric power station failures