A drone photo taken on Dec 31, 2024 shows the underground workshop of Fengning pumped-storage power station in Fengning Manchu autonomous county, North China's Hebei province. Fengning power station, the pumped-storage power station with the largest installed capacity of its kind in the world, was put into full operation on Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]
SHIJIAZHUANG -- The Fengning pumped storage hydropower plant, the largest of its kind globally, has commenced full operation in the city of Chengde, North China's Hebei province.
A drone photo taken on Dec 31, 2024 shows the underground workshop of Fengning pumped-storage power station in Fengning Manchu autonomous county, North China's Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Operated by the State Grid Corporation of China, the facility boasts a total installed capacity of 3.6 million kilowatts and is designed to generate 6.61 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
Workers patrol at the underground workshop of Fengning pumped-storage power station in Fengning Manchu autonomous county, North China's Hebei province, Dec 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
The company said that since its initial units began operating in 2021, the plant has generated approximately 8.62 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.
A drone photo taken on Dec 31, 2024 shows the underground workshop of Fengning pumped-storage power station in Fengning Manchu autonomous county, North China's Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua]
As a leading renewable energy storage technology, pumped storage plays a key role in advancing the country's green energy transition.
A drone photo taken on Dec 31, 2024 shows the underground workshop of Fengning pumped-storage power station in Fengning Manchu autonomous county, North China's Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua]
The Fengning plant is expected to save 480,800 tonnes of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.2 million tonnes annually, marking a significant contribution to the country's energy efficiency and environmental sustainability goals, the company said.
