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The Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Station () is a
pumped storage Pumping may refer to: * The operation of a pump, for moving a liquid from one location to another **The use of a breast pump for extraction of milk * Pumping (audio), a creative misuse of dynamic range compression * Pumping (computer systems), th ...
hydroelectric
power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many ...
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Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyu ...
in Guangdong province, China. It contains 8 pump-generators that total a installed capacity. Initial units went online between 2007 and 2008, and the power station was complete on June 15, 2011. The power station is supplied with water by an upper reservoir which is created by two dams. The main dam is a tall and long roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam. The second, auxiliary, dam is high and long. Once water from the upper reservoir is transferred through the power station, which is located underground, and electricity produced, it discharges to a lower
reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
. This lower reservoir is created by a single tall tall RCC dam. The water can then be pumped by the generators back into the upper reservoir for reuse.


See also

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Guangdong Pumped Storage Power Station The Guangdong Pumped Storage Power Station or Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Station () is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Power is generated by utilizing eight turbines, each with a capa ...
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List of power stations in China The following page lists some power stations in mainland China divided by energy source and location. Coal Nuclear Hydroelectric Solar Tide Wind By location The following pages list the major power stations ...


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{{Reflist Dams completed in 2007 Energy infrastructure completed in 2011 Hydroelectric power stations in Guangdong Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in China Roller-compacted concrete dams Dams in China 2011 establishments in China