Construction of world's highest-altitude pumped storage power plant begins

The Daofu Pumped Storage Power Station commenced construction on Thursday in Daofu County, southwest China's Sichuan Province.　

With a total installed capacity of 2.1 million kilowatts and a designed annual generating capacity of 2.994 billion kilowatt-hours, the project is the largest pumped storage project in the province in terms of　installed capacity　and the tallest pumped storage power station in the world.　

The power station can store 12.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per　day, which will be able to meet the daily electricity needs of 2 million households　in Sichuan.　

(Reported by Wang Peng 　Edited by Ma Yuxuan)