Yalong river pumped storage power station

Where is the Yalong River hydropower plant located?

With an altitude of 4,300 meters, the facility is located in Daofu County in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, according to the Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd.

How many hydropower stations does Yalong River base have?

The Yalong River Base has launched seven large hydropower stations and five new energy projects, with a total installed capacity of nearly 21 million kilowatts and an annual power generation capacity of about 90 billion kilowatt-hours.

What is Lianghekou pumped-storage project?

The power will then be sent to other regions, which will drive the coordinated and centralized development of the water, wind and solar energy of the Yalong River basin. The Lianghekou mixed storage-power station is the first pumped-storage project in Sichuan.

How many kilowatts are in the Yalong River basin?

It is widely known that the company has been conducting hydropower resource surveys in the Yalong River Basin since the 1950s. The basin's mainstream hydroelectric technical exploitable capacity is about 30 million kilowatts, with wind and solar energy resources exceeding 60 million kilowatts, and pumped storage at over 10 million kilowatts.

How will The Lianghekou hydropower station work?

Through the integrated development of hydropower and wind and solar energy, the Lianghekou mixed pumped-storage power station and the Lianghekou Hydropower Station are expected to turn about 7 million kW of the unstable wind and solar energy-based power into a smooth, stable, and high-quality power supply.

How big is Lianghekou hydropower plant?

The planned total installed capacity of the hybrid project is expected to be 3 GW. This station will play a key role in China’s commitments to net zero. As the first phase of the Lianghekou hydropower plant, the station’s operations are just the beginning for the Yalong River basin, a centre for clean energy in China.