China close to completing world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage system in eastern Tibet

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar01’26) – China is one step closer to running the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage facility as its 4.2-GW hybrid project at Lianghekou – which combines conventional hydropower and pumped storage – nears completion, reported scmp.com Feb 28. The project is located in Nyagqu Dzong (Chinese: Yajiang County) of Kardze (Ganzi) prefecture in the formerly eastern Tibetan province of Kham (or Dotoe) but now part of the PRC’s enlarged Sichuan province.

The Lianghekou Dam (meaning “mouth of two rivers”), which is part of the project, entailed the relocation of over 4,900 residents during its construction, according to a Wikipedia

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