Shimogo Pumped Storage Power Station

The Shimogo Pumped Storage Power Station (Japanese: 下郷発電所, Hepburn: Shimogō Hatsudensho) is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant in Shimogō, Minamiaizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

With an installed capacity of 1,000 megawatts (1,300,000 hp), the system is one of the largest pumped-storage power stations in Japan.

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

[2] The dam is also used for flood control, irrigation, and domestic and industrial water supply.

The plant, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Company, has an installed capacity of 21 MW and an effective head of 56 m. The maximum water flow is 45 cubic meter per second.