Located in China’s Hebei province, the 3.6GW facility consists of 12 reversible pump generating sets with a capacity of 300MW each and has a power generation capacity from storage of 6.612 billion kWh.
NASA has announced its latest selections for the Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which funds research into long-term concepts that may be feasible over the next 10 to 40 years.
The pioneering Alpinsolar project at the Muttsee dam is already well advanced in construction and has now produced electricity for the first time. This has just been announced jointly by the partners Axpo and IWB, together with the future electricity consumer Denner.