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Maqin hydroelectric plant
50th-largest grid storage in China of 401 · top 9% worldwide (#85 of 965)
- Owner
- National Energy Group Qinghai Electric Power Co Ltd
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 1,800 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · China · 401 ranked
- #1Yebatan Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant4.5 GW
- #48Longtangou hydroelectric plant1.8 GW
- #49Luanping II hydroelectric plant1.8 GW
- #50Maqin hydroelectric plant1.8 GW
- #51Shaanxi Ningshan Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant1.8 GW
- #52Shandong Yiyuan Shiqiao Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant1.8 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Maerdang hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 2.3 GW · hydro
- Maqin hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 1.8 GW · hydro
- Tongde hydroelectric plant15 km · Power Plant · 2.4 GW · hydro
- Tongde hydroelectric plant15 km · Grid Storage · 2.4 GW
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)