Jocassee Pumped Storage Facility
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Duke Energy Inc.
The four-unit Jocassee Hydroelectric Station is a 610-megawatt pumped-storage generating facility located in Pickens County, South Carolina. The facility works much like a conventional hydroelectric station, except that it can reverse turbines and pump back previously used water from a lower lake to store potential energy for later.
Capacity: 610 megawatts
Location: Pickens County, South Carolina
Commercial Date: 1973
x4 Water Turb. (Hydro-electric powered) Gen. set
= 612 MW max total Gen. Capacity
Jocasse Landing Drive, Oconee County, SC
www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/pumped-storage-hydro/j...
Duke Energy Inc.
The four-unit Jocassee Hydroelectric Station is a 610-megawatt pumped-storage generating facility located in Pickens County, South Carolina. The facility works much like a conventional hydroelectric station, except that it can reverse turbines and pump back previously used water from a lower lake to store potential energy for later.
Capacity: 610 megawatts
Location: Pickens County, South Carolina
Commercial Date: 1973
x4 Water Turb. (Hydro-electric powered) Gen. set
= 612 MW max total Gen. Capacity
Jocasse Landing Drive, Oconee County, SC
www.duke-energy.com/power-plants/pumped-storage-hydro/j...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Jocassee#Economy
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°57'36"N 82°54'47"W
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- Jocasee Dam 0.5 km
- Devils Fork State Park 3.2 km
- Natural Bridge Trail and Raven Rock Trail 3.7 km
- Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area Cherokee Indian Interpretive Center 4.2 km
- Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area 4.4 km
- Piney Mountain 4.5 km
- Long Shoals Wayside Park 5.9 km
- Lake Jocassee 6.3 km
- The Reserve at Lake Keowee 7.9 km
- McCall Royal Ambassador Camp 13 km
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