Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant

49°55′32″N 4°36′48″E / 49.92556°N 4.61333°E / 49.92556; 4.61333StatusOperationalOpening date1976^[1]Owner(s)Électricité de France (EDF)Upper reservoirCreatesBassin supérieur des MarquisadesTotal capacity8.5 mn m³Lower reservoirCreatesBassin inférieur de WhitakerTotal capacity9 mn m³Power StationHydraulic head250^[1]Pump-generators4^[1]Installed capacity800 MW^[1]Annual generation1,000 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]

See also