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Niushoushan hydroelectric plant
339th-largest grid storage in China of 401 · top 47% worldwide (#448 of 965)
- Operator
- State Grid Xinyuan Holdings CO LTD Ningxia Qingtongxia Pumped Storage Branch
- Owner
- State Grid Xinyuan Co Ltd
- Status
- construction
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2028
- 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
- #337Linxia Shenghe hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #338Longyungu hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #339Niushoushan hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #340Qianxi hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #341Shaanxi Shiquan Chengguan Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- 灵州换流站
- Its voltage
- 800 kV
- Distance
- 44 km
- Strongest line nearby
- 800 kV
- Substations in range
- 2
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Niushoushan hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · hydro
- Ningxia Wuzhong Litong District Three Gorges solar farm4.5 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · solar
- Ningxia Jinyuyuan Chemical power station5.0 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · coal
- Ningxia Xixia Cement Co. Cement Plant9.5 km · Cement Plant
- Ningxia Gas Pipeline Network — Yinchuan-Wuzhong gas pipeline12 km · Pipeline
- Ningxia Qingtongxia Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant12 km · Cement Plant
- Zhongning-Yinchuan Oil Pipeline13 km · Pipeline
- Yuejin Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant13 km · Grid Storage · 1.0 GW
- 750 kV line15 km · Transmission Line
- Niushoushan II hydroelectric plant16 km · Grid Storage · 1.4 GW
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Watercourse: Yellow River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)