Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant

Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant
Location of Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant in France
Country France
Location Revin, Département Ardennes
Coordinates 49°55′32″N 4°36′48″E / 49.92556°N 4.61333°E / 49.92556; 4.61333Coordinates: 49°55′32″N 4°36′48″E / 49.92556°N 4.61333°E / 49.92556; 4.61333
Status Operational
Commission date 1976[1]
Owner(s) Électricité de France (EDF)
Pumped-storage power station
Upper reservoir Bassin supérieur des Marquisades
Upper res. capacity 8.5 mn m³
Lower reservoir Bassin inférieur de Whitaker
Lower res. capacity 9 mn m³
Hydraulic head 250[1]
Pump-generators 4[1]
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 800 MW[1]
Average 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]

Characteristics

Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant was constructed as an underground power station:[1] Four Francis turbines which are used for both generating and pumping with a capacity of 200 MW each are located in a 115 m long, 17 m wide and 16 m high cavern. Four transformers are installed on the surface to connect the generators (13 kV) to the electrical grid (400 kV).[1]

There are three reservoirs which are connected to the Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant.

Dams and reservoirs of the Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant[1]
Name Function Dam Capacity
Length Height
in metres in metres in mn. cubic metres
Bassin supérieur des Marquisades Upper reservoir 4200 9–18 8.5
Bassin inférieur de Whitaker Lower reservoir 300 35 9
Lac des Vieilles Forges Equalizing basin 250 10 5

The upper and lower reservoirs are separated by a vertical distance of 250 m.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EDF: Carte d'identité • Groupe d'exploitation hydraulique Revin • UP Est, accessed 29 November 2014.
  2. DOE Energy Storage Database: Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant, accessed 29 November 2014.
  3. Pierre Le Hir: Pomper, turbiner : l'avenir des énergies vertes in Le Monde of 11 April 2014, accessed 29 November 2014.


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