The Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Plant 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. Construction began in 1993 and by 2004, the power station was complete.

Tianhuangping Dam

Situated on the Daxi Creek, the Tianhuangping Dam creates the power station's lower reservoir. The concrete face rock-fill dam is 72 metres (236 ft) high and 577 metres (1,893 ft) long. The dam creates a reservoir that can store 6,770,000 cubic metres (239,080,294 cu ft) of water and contains an uncontrolled side-weir spillway that can discharge a design level of 536 cubic metres per second (18,929 cu ft/s).

Upper reservoir

From the lower reservoir, water is pumped up into the upper reservoir which has a normal storage capacity of 6,760,000 cubic metres (238,727,147 cu ft). The upper reservoir is artificial and cut into the mountain and created with the assistance of four saddle dams. When power is being generated, the water leaves the reservoir and falls through three 882 metres (2,894 ft) long and 7 metres (23 ft) diameter penstocks down towards the power station which is above the lower reservoir. Before reaching the reversible turbines, the water branches off into six branch pipes.

Power station

The six branch pipes feed water into the six turbines. Each reversible Francis turbine has a 306 MW installed capacity and 336 MW maximum capacity. The turbines and generators are stored in an underground power house measuring 198.7 metres (652 ft) long, 21 metres (69 ft) wide and 47.7 metres (156 ft) high. After power is produced, the water is discharged back into the lower reservoir and the entire process can repeat.

Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Plant
Country	China
Locale	Tainhuangping, Anji County of Zhejiang Province, China
Status	Operational
Construction cost	$900 million USD
Reservoir information
Upper reservoir	Tianhuangping Upper
Reservoir capacity	6,760,000 cubic metres (238,727,147 cu ft) (Normal)
Catchment area	.327 square kilometres (0 sq mi)
Lower reservoir	Tianhuangping Lower
Reservoir capacity	6,770,000 cubic metres (239,080,294 cu ft) (Normal)
Catchment area	24.2 square kilometres (9 sq mi)
Pumped-storage station information
Penstocks	3
Pump-generators	6 x reversible Francis turbines
Hydraulic head	887 metres (2,910 ft)
Lower reservoir spillways	Controlled, side-weir
Lower reservoir spillway discharge	536 cubic metres per second (18,929 cu ft/s)
Power generation information
Installed capacity	1,836 MW
Maximum capacity	2,016 MW

The Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Plant is a pumped storage hydroelectric power station near Huizhou in Guangdong province, China. It contains 8 pump-generators that are all expected to be commercially online in 2011, totaling a 2,400 MW installed capacity. Initial units went online between 2007 and 2008.

The Huizhou Pumped Storage Power Plant is supplied with water by an upper reservoir which is created by two dams. The main dam is a 56 m (184 ft) tall and 156 m (512 ft) long roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam. The second, auxiliary, dam is 14 m (46 ft) high and 133 m (436 ft) long. Once water from the upper reservoir is transferred through the power station, which is located 420 m (1,380 ft) underground, and electricity produced, it discharges to a lower reservoir. This lower reservoir is created by a single 61 m (200 ft) tall 420 m (1,380 ft) tall RCC dam. The water can then be pumped by the generators back into the upper reservoir for reuse.

Huizhou Pumped-storage Power Station
Country	China
Locale	Huizhou, Guangdong
Status	Partially operational
Commission date	2007
Pumped-storage station information
Pump-generators	8
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	2,400 MW
Annual generation	4,200 GWh

The Guangdong or Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Guangzhou, Guangdong Proavince, China. Power is generated by utilizing eight turbines, each with a 300 MW capacity, totalling the installed capacity to 2,400 MW. The generated power is sold to China Light and Power customers in Hong Kong. The power station was constructed in two stages, the first four turbines were completed in 1994 and the second four in 2000.

The Guangdong Pumped Storage Power Plant is composed mainly of a lower and upper reservoir and and an underground power station. Water for the system is derived from the Liuxihe River. The lower reservoir has a capacity of 23,400,000 cubic metres (18,971 acre·ft) and is created by a 43.5 metres (143 ft) tall and 153.12 metres (502 ft) long gravity dam composed of roller-compacted concrete. Water from this reservoir is pumped into the upper reservoir which is created by a 68 metres (223 ft) tall and 318.52 metres (1,045 ft) long concrete face rock-fill embankment dam and has a capacity of 23,400,000 cubic metres (18,971 acre·ft) . Water from the upper reservoir can then be re-released down two penstocks towards the power station. The same reversible pumps that moved the water up can now generate electricity. Just before reaching the power station, the two penstocks each split off into four separate branch pipes, each feeding one of the eight reversible 300 MW turbine generators with water. Once power generation is complete, the generators can reverse, pump the water back up to the upper reservoir and resume the process over again.

Guangdong Pumped Storage Power Station
Country	China
Locale	Guangdong
Status	Operational
Construction began	Stage I: 1989 Stage II: 1994
Commission date	Stage I: 1994 Stage II: 2000
Reservoir information
Upper reservoir	Guangdong Upper
Reservoir capacity	24,080,000 m3 (19,522 acre·ft)
Catchment area	5.2 km2 (2 sq mi)
Surface area	1.2 km2 (0 sq mi)
Lower reservoir	Guangdong Lower
Reservoir capacity	23,400,000 m3 (18,971 acre·ft)
Catchment area	13.2 km2 (5 sq mi)
Surface area	1.6 km2 (1 sq mi)
Pumped-storage station information
Pump-generators	8 × 300MW
Hydraulic head	535 m (1,755 ft) (max. gross)
Upper reservoir spillways	Service, controlled side channel chute
Lower reservoir spillways	Service, crest
Lower reservoir spillway discharge	523 m3/s (18,470 cu ft/s)
Power generation information
Installed capacity	2,400 MW