The first pumped storage power station in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the 14th Five-Year Plan began

On September 19, the second phase of the Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station, the first pumped storage power station in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, designed and built by PowerChina, started construction
.

The power station is located in Wuhua County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, with a planned installed capacity of 2400 MW and is built in two phases, both of which are 1200 MW
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Pumped storage power station has two reservoirs, at night electricity trough, the use of electricity will be pumped to the mountain under the reservoir water, in the peak of electricity during the day, discharge water power generation, equivalent to the power storage at any time to call up, help the grid peak power generation, can smoothly help wind power, photovoltaic power generation and other new energy large-scale, high proportion access to the power grid, known as the power grid "battery" "regulator" and "regulator", is currently mature and reliable large-scale energy storage facilities
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Meizhou pumped storage power station upper and lower reservoirs and phase II inlet and outlet were completed in the first phase, with a total reservoir capacity of 42.

The second phase of the project is scheduled to be fully put into operation by 2025, and after completion, it is expected to generate 1.

The completion of the Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station will further promote the consumption of clean energy such as nuclear power and offshore wind power in eastern Guangdong, ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid, and provide stable power guarantee for the economic and social development of eastern Guangdong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and is the "green power granary"
of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.