Xilongchi Pumped Storage Power Station

Xilongchi Pumped Storage Power Station pumped hydro overview.

Xilongchi is an operating pumped-storage power station in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. Its four 300 MW reversible units move water between upper and lower reservoirs to meet peak demand and support the electricity system. The station was developed with Japanese official development assistance and international engineering and construction participation.In OperationChina

At a Glance

Capacity

1,200 MW

Energy storage

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Operator

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Country

China

Location

38.531°, 113.268°

Website

Official project page

Ownership

1 record

Share	Organisation	Role	Details	Period
Unknown		Operator	Licensed operating company for the four-unit Xilongchi pumped-storage station.	Current / not dated

Organisations

17 records

Organisations recorded as working on this asset or its project, and their role.

Organisation	Role	Details
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project. Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Toshiba and Mitsubishi Corporation are identified together as a joint venture.
	Japanese official development assistance lenderPublic Funding And Award	The March 2002 Japanese ODA loan supported construction of the pumped-storage station. JICA subsequently evaluated the project’s development and operating results.
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project. Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Toshiba and Mitsubishi Corporation are identified together as a joint venture.
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project. Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Toshiba and Mitsubishi Corporation are identified together as a joint venture.
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project.
	Feasibility study consultantEngineering And Design	Beijing Engineering Corporation prepared the feasibility study in March 1999, as recorded in JICA’s project evaluation.
	Historical engineering consultantEngineering Consulting And Project Management	JICA identifies East China Investigation and Design Institute and Tokyo Electric Power Services as the main consultants for the original station project.
	Licensed station operatorOperations And Maintenance	The station company holds generation business licence 1810409-00553 for Xilongchi’s four generating units.
	Original executing agencyHistorical Development Context	JICA identifies State Electric Power Company as the executing agency for the original Japanese ODA-financed Xilongchi project.
	North China electricity dispatchGrid And Transmission	The December 2025 generation-licence amendment names State Grid’s North China Branch electricity dispatch control centre for units 1–3 and its North China electricity dispatch subcentre for unit 4.
	Historical shareholder in the operating companyOwnership History	JICA’s 2016–2017 evaluation lists State Grid Jibei Electric Power Company as a shareholder in Xilongchi Power Company.
	Historical supervising agency and asset managerDevelopment And Asset Management	JICA’s 2016–2017 evaluation identifies State Grid Xinyuan as the station’s supervising agency and asset manager, and as a shareholder in the operating company.
State Grid Xinyuan Shanxi Xilongchi Pumped Storage Power Station	Operator	Not set
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project.
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project.
	Historical engineering consultantEngineering Consulting And Project Management	JICA identifies East China Investigation and Design Institute and Tokyo Electric Power Services as the main consultants for the original station project.
	Historical principal contractorEpc Balance Of Plant	JICA’s evaluation lists this company among the main contractors for the original Xilongchi station project. Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Toshiba and Mitsubishi Corporation are identified together as a joint venture.

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