Construction of SW China mega pumped storage hydropower project underway

CHENGDU -- Construction of a large pumped storage hydropower project kicked off Thursday in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

The reservoir of the Lianghekou hydropower plant on the Yalong River, which will not need to be scaled up, will serve as the upper reservoir of the new facility -- the first pumped storage hydropower project in Sichuan.

The reservoir of another power plant downstream, which will need be expanded, will serve as the lower reservoir of this facility.