Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant

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| location = Revin, Département Ardennes

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| owner = Électricité de France (EDF)

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| res_name = Bassin supérieur des Marquisades

| res_capacity_total= 8.5 mn m³

| lower_res_name = Bassin inférieur de Whitaker

| lower_res_capacity_total= 9 mn m³

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| plant_capacity= 800 MW

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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). Measured by capacity, it is the third largest pumped storage power plant in France.

Characteristics

Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant was constructed as an underground power station: 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).

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

Length	Height
class="wikitable" \|+ Dams and reservoirs of the Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant ! rowspan="3" \| Name !! rowspan="3" \| Function !! colspan="2" \| Dam !! rowspan="2" \| Capacity
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.

References

EDF: [http://energie.edf.com/fichiers/fckeditor/Commun/En_Direct_Centrales/Hydraulique/Centres/est/publications/documents/fiche_identite_geh_revin%20_2011%20.pdf Carte d'identité • Groupe d'exploitation hydraulique Revin • UP Est], accessed 29 November 2014.

DOE Energy Storage Database: [http://www.energystorageexchange.org/projects/537.pdf Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219202105/http://www.energystorageexchange.org/projects/537.pdf |date=2014-12-19 }}, accessed 29 November 2014.

Pierre Le Hir: [http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2014/04/11/pomper-turbiner-l-avenir-des-energies-vertes_4398813_3244.html Pomper, turbiner : l'avenir des énergies vertes] in Le Monde of 11 April 2014, accessed 29 November 2014.

Category:Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in France

Category:Buildings and structures in Ardennes (department)

Category:Underground power stations

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1976

Category:20th-century architecture in France

Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant

Characteristics

See also

References