Bad Creek pumped storage power plant
| Bad Creek pumped storage power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 0 '24 " N , 82 ° 59' 40" W | ||
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 United States
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| Waters | Lake Jocassee | ||
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| Type | pumped storage power plant | ||
| power | 1065 MW expansion to 1400 MW by 2023 |
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| owner | Duke Energy | ||
| Start of operations | 1991 | ||
| turbine | 4th | ||
| was standing | 2018 | ||
The pumped storage power plant Bad Creek ( English Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station ) is located in Oconee County of the US state of South Carolina and is the most powerful hydroelectric power plant of Duke Energy . The four machine sets of the power plant, which went into operation in 1991, have a combined output of 1,065 megawatts . The upper basin is the Bad Creek Reservoir , which dams the two rivers Bad Creek and West Bad Creek . Lake Jocassee serves as the lower basin .
In 2018, the approval to increase the output of the system, which has been in existence for 25 years, was granted. From 2019 to 2023, all four turbines are to be replaced for 200 million US dollars , so that the output increases to 1,400 MW.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Bad Creek. Duke Energy Corporation, accessed May 24, 2014 .
- ^ Pumped Storage Plants in the USA. industcards, January 28, 2014, accessed on May 24, 2014 (English).
- ↑ David Boraks: Duke Begins $ 200M Upgrade At South Carolina Hydroelectric Project. (English).