Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant

Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant
Interactive map of Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant
CountryFrance
LocationRevin, Département Ardennes
Coordinates49°55′32″N 4°36′48″E / 49.92556°N 4.61333°E / 49.92556; 4.61333
StatusOperational
Opening date1976
OwnerÉlectricité de France (EDF)
Upper reservoir
CreatesBassin supérieur des Marquisades
Total capacity8.5 mn m³
Lower reservoir
CreatesBassin inférieur de Whitaker
Total capacity9 mn m³
Power Station
Hydraulic head250
Pump-generators4
Installed capacity800 MW
Annual generation1,000 GWh

The Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant is located in Grand-Est 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). Measured by capacity, it is the third largest pumped storage power plant in France.