Will China's pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant be responsible for 2022 Winter Olympics?

The operation of the pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant will be responsible for all Beijing venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics, a move to help fulfill China's green pledge of hosting the games with clean energy, said Xin Baoan, chairman of State Grid.

Where is Fenglingdu located?

Fenglingdu (Chinese: 风陵渡; pinyin: Fēnglíngdù) is a town in Ruicheng County, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China. As of 2020, it administers Fenghuang Residential Community (凤凰社区) and the following 34 villages: Fenglingdu is located on the Yellow River, and across the river is Tongguan County. It had 69,998 people. [when?]

Where is Fengning pumped storage power station located?

The 3.6-gigawatt Fengning pumped storage power station, consisting of 12 reversible pump-turbine units of 300-megawatt capacity each, is located in Hebei province, some 180 kilometers from the nation's capital, host of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

What is Fengning pumped storage facility?

The Fengning pumped storage facility will operate as a peaking power plant for the safe and stable operation of the Beijing-Tianjin-North Hebei grid while balancing intermittent power supply from large wind and solar parks in northern Hebei and Inner Mongolia, it said.