Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant | |
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Country | France |
Location | Revin, Département Ardennes |
Coordinates | 49°55′32″N 4°36′48″E / 49.92556°N 4.61333°E |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1976[1] |
Owner(s) | Électricité de France (EDF) |
Upper reservoir | |
Creates | Bassin supérieur des Marquisades |
Total capacity | 8.5 mn m³ |
Lower reservoir | |
Creates | Bassin inférieur de Whitaker |
Total capacity | 9 mn m³ |
Power Station | |
Hydraulic head | 250[1] |
Pump-generators | 4[1] |
Installed capacity | 800 MW[1] |
Annual generation | 1,000 GWh |
The Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant is located in northern France, near Revin in the department of Ardennes and the Belgian border. The pumped storage power plant, commissioned in 1976, is owned by Électricité de France (EDF) and has a nameplate capacity of 800 megawatts (MW).[1][2] Measured by capacity, it is the third largest pumped storage power plant in France.[3]