Highest-Latitude Pumped Storage Power Station in China Starts Water Storage

The upper reservoir of the Huanggou Pumped Storage Power Station in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province recently began preliminary water storage and is ready for operation.

Built by Sinohydro Bureau 3 Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), the station is currently the highest-latitude station of its kind in China.

The Huanggou Pumped Storage Power Station mainly includes the upper reservoir, water diversion and power generation system, supporting an underground structure group, ground-based switch station, traffic system and production and living areas.

It is the first pumped storage power station project in Heilongjiang and has the most investment among hydropower projects in Mudanjiang. 

The upper reservoir of the Huanggou Pumped Storage Power Station in Heilongjiang Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

The construction of the project is expected to drive the development of wind and solar power and other new energy industries in the region and northeastern China as a whole. It will also contribute to the improvement of Heilongjiang's energy industrial structure and transformation of its energy development mode.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)