Pumped storage plants Pumped storage plants Ben Cruachan is a 1126 m mountain in Scotland giving its name to a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ben Cruachan"
Dinorwig is a 1728 MW pumped storage hydroelectric scheme in the Pass of Llanberis on the edge of the Snowdonia national park in north Wales. It is comprised of 16 km of tunnels, 1 million tons of concrete, 200,000 tons of cement and 4,500 tons of steel, housed beneath the mountain Elidir Fawr. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dinorwig"
Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant (the KPSP) is located near Kruonis, Lithuania. 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. To liquidate the capacity deficit in the event of the disconnection of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant generators are automatically launched into operation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant"
The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant is a hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Ludington, Michigan. It was built between 1969 and 1973. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant"
Pumped storage hydroelectricity is a method of storing and producing electricity to supply high peak demands by moving water between reservoirs at different elevations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pumped-storage hydroelectricity"
The Taum Sauk pumped storage plant is located in the St. Francois mountain region of the Missouri Ozarks approximately 90 miles (145 km) south of St. Louis near Lesterville, Missouri. The Pumped-storage hydroelectric plant, operated by the AmerenUE electric company, is designed to help meet peak power demands during the day. Electrical generators are turned by water flowing from a reservoir on top of Proffit Mountain into a lower reservoir on the East Fork of the Black River. The generators and turbines at river level are reversible, and at night the excess electricity available on the power grid is used to pump water back to the mountaintop. ...more on Wikipedia about "Taum Sauk pumped storage plant"
Turlough Hill is Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant, it is located in the mountains of County Wicklow. The plant was built during the late 1960s and early 1970s, for the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) by a German contractor. The project cost approximately IR£ 20 millon (approxmimately US$ 50 million) at the time. At the time ESB started the project it also investigated a nuclear power option, this latter activity would later result in the Nuclear Energy Board. For many years groups could visit the site of Turlough Hill and the plant however this was discontinued because of operational and security concerns. The project was considered a major civil engineering and environmental feat in Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Turlough Hill"
The Wivenhoe Dam has been built across the Brisbane River about 80 kilometres (50 miles) by road from the centre of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland, Australia. The body of water held behind the dam is called Lake Wivenhoe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wivenhoe Power Station"
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