Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station
Asago, Japan
The 415th largest power station in the world
The Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station (Okutataragi hatsudensho) is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Asago, in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. With a total installed capacity of 1,932 megawatts (2, 591, 000 hp), it is one of the largest pumped-storage power stations in the world, and the largest in Japan. The facility is currently run by the Kansai Electric Power Company. Like most pumped-storage facilities, the power station utilizes two reservoirs, releasing and pumping as the demand rises and falls. Construction on the facility began in 1970 and was completed in 1974.
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