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Pumped-storage hydro · grid battery

Salamonde II

operatingPortugal · lower reservoir on the Cávado

Turbine capacity: 207 MW
Energy storage: -
Gross head: -
First unit: -

Single large reversible set in a cavern beside the 1953 Salamonde dam on the Cávado

Nameplate figures and coordinates: Wikipedia · 41.6918, -8.0913

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seasonal below area no shared status