Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric plant in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County, Hebei Province, China, about 145 kilometers northwest of Chengde. Construction began in 2013, its first generator was commissioned in 2019, and its final turbine came online in August 2024, giving the underground station 12 Francis pump turbines and an installed capacity of 3,600 megawatts, the largest of any pumped storage power station in the world. With a hydraulic head of 425 meters and a storage capacity of about 40 gigawatt hours, the plant generates roughly 3.42 terawatt hours a year.
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Facility TypePumped-storage hydroelectric power station 1 LocationFengning Manchu Autonomous County, Hebei Province, China 1 Capacity (MW) Commissioned YearThe infobox reports an opening range of 2019 to 2024, reflecting the station's twelve pumped-storage units entering commercial operation in stages; 2019 marks when the station first began operating. Connections
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Pumped-storage hydroelectric station, Hebei, China, the largest pumped-storage facility in the world by nameplate capacity.
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2019-2024
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the plant generates roughly 3.42 terawatt hours a year.
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3,600 MW
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The Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station (Chinese: 丰宁抽水蓄能电站) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station about 145 km (90 mi) northwest of Chengde in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County of Hebei Province, China.
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