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Pumped-storage hydro · grid battery

Bolarque II

operatingSpain · lower reservoir on the Tajo

Turbine capacity: 200 MW
Energy storage: -
Gross head: 240 m
First unit: 1974

Four reversible sets lift Tagus water 240 m to La Bujeda, the head pond of the Tagus-Segura transfer

Nameplate figures and coordinates: engineering contractor page · 40.3624, -2.8186

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seasonal below area no shared status