Grand’Maison Dam is the leading pumped storage plant in France, as of 2024. It accounted for a power generation capacity of about 1.8 gigawatts.
Pumped-storage is a type of hydroelectric energy that works with two water reservoirs at different elevations, generating power as water discharges from one to the other.
Largest pumped storage plants in France as of 2024, by capacity
(in megawatts)
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Advanced Energy Technologies. (July 11, 2024). Largest pumped storage plants in France as of 2024, by capacity (in megawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535139/france-pumped-storage-plants-by-capacity/
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Advanced Energy Technologies. (2024). Largest pumped storage plants in France as of 2024, by capacity (in megawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535139/france-pumped-storage-plants-by-capacity/
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Largest pumped storage plants in France as of 2024, by capacity (in megawatts) [Graph], Advanced Energy Technologies, July 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535139/france-pumped-storage-plants-by-capacity/