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Minxian Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant
238th-largest grid storage in China of 401 · top 34% worldwide (#321 of 965)
- Owner
- China Machinery Engineering Group Corp
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 1,200 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
- #236Meizhou II hydroelectric plant1.2 GW
- #237Miluo Yuchi hydroelectric plant1.2 GW
- #238Minxian Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant1.2 GW
- #239Muwangxi hydroelectric plant1.2 GW
- #240Nan'an Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant1.2 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Minxian Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 1.2 GW · hydro
- Gansu Zhang County (Sany) wind farm17 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · wind
- Gansu Minxian (Guodian) wind farm19 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · wind
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)