Overview of the Development and Current Status of Pumped Storage Power Plants

Abstract

Industrialisation and overexploitation of forest resources have led to environmental crises, including climate warming and a sharp decline in biodiversity. To address these challenges, the world is actively pursuing carbon neutrality and carbon peaking. As the cornerstone of clean energy storage and conversion, pumped storage power plants have undergone a century of technological innovation, from reliance on manual labour to highly mechanised TBM construction, which has significantly improved construction efficiency and quality. However, the application of TBM in pumped storage power plant construction still faces many challenges. In the future, we will conduct in-depth research on the design and application of modularisation, standardisation and intelligence to overcome the existing challenges and promote the extensive and efficient development of pumped storage power plant construction.