Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station

The Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station (奥多々良木発電所, Okutataragi hatsudensho) is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Asago, in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.

The facility is currently run by the Kansai Electric Power Company.

[2] Like most pumped-storage facilities, the power station utilizes two reservoirs, releasing and pumping as the demand rises and falls.

The Kurokawa Reservoir, the upper reservoir, has a capacity of 33,387,000 cubic metres (27,067 acre⋅ft),[2] a catchment area of 1,090,000 square metres (11,700,000 sq ft), and a reservoir surface area of 5.2 square kilometres (2.0 sq mi), and is held back by the Kurokawa Dam Japanese: 黒川ダム.

The Tataragi Reservoir, the lower reservoir, has a capacity of 19,440,000 cubic metres (687,000,000 cu ft), a catchment area of 1,050,000 square metres (11,300,000 sq ft), and a reservoir surface area of 13.4 square kilometres (5.2 sq mi), and is held back by the Tataragi Dam Japanese: 多々良木ダム.

Kurokawa Dam
Tataragi Dam