Guangxi's First Pumped-Storage Hydropower Station Begins Full Operations
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China has commenced full operations of its first pumped-storage hydropower station, enhancing its clean energy initiatives. The Nanning facility, managed by China Southern Power Grid, features four generating units, each with a capacity of 300,000 kilowatts, totaling 1.2 million kilowatts.
It can absorb 2.5 billion kilowatt-hours of excess electricity annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 2.2 million tonnes. The project, approved in November 2021 and constructed at a cost of approximately 8 billion yuan (about 1.1 billion U.S. dollars), operates by utilizing two reservoirs to manage electricity supply.
This initiative is part of Guangxi's strategy to integrate wind, solar, hydropower, and energy storage, contributing to China's carbon emission reduction goals of peaking by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Additionally, Guangxi is developing 10 million kilowatts of pumped-storage capacity, with seven other stations underway.
