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Kyogoku hydroelectric plant
18th-largest grid storage in Japan of 35 · top 61% worldwide (#588 of 965)
- Owner
- Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 600 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2014
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · Japan · 35 ranked
- #1Kannagawa hydroelectric plant2.8 GW
- #16Nabara hydroelectric plant620 MW
- #17Hongawa hydroelectric plant615 MW
- #18Kyogoku hydroelectric plant600 MW
- #19Okukiyotsu Daini hydroelectric plant600 MW
- #20Tenzan hydroelectric plant600 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Kyogoku hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 400 MW · hydro
- Kyogoku hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 200 MW · hydro
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Watercourse: Shiribetsu River
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)