2nd phase of Meizhou power station goes operational to bolster clean energy supply to Greater Bay Area

The second phase of the Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station in south China's Guangdong Province went operational on Friday, further bolstering the clean energy supply while expediting the green transition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Located in Wuhua County, Meizhou City of south China's Guangdong Province, the Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station has a total investment of approximately 12 billion yuan (about 1.7 billion U.S. dollars), making it the largest pumped storage power station investment in the GBA so far.

The station's first phase boasts a total storage capacity of 92 million cubic meters, equivalent to the water volume of 6.5 West Lakes in east China's Zhejiang Province. The second-phase project is equipped with four 300-megawatt units, adding a regulation capacity of 1.2 gigawatts.

"After the project becomes operational, the Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station can absorb up to 7.2 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually, equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of 3.28 million residential customers. Its clean energy integration capacity leads domestically among pumped storage power stations of similar scale," said Zhu Jinhua, project manager of Meizhou Pumped Storage Power Station Phase II, China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage Co., Ltd.

The power station is also one of the most "localized" of its kind in China, using domestically developed equipment for its main unit and control systems, making a critical step in advancing the upgrade of domestic pumped storage equipment towards higher-end manufacturing.

"The power station utilizes domestic equipment on a large scale, including 115 types of key technical components and over 500 domestic control chips. Important domestic equipment like complete switchgear and air compressors are also being applied in a domestic project for the first time," said Chen Hongyu, lead technical expert of China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage Co., Ltd.

2nd phase of Meizhou power station goes operational to bolster clean energy supply to Greater Bay Area

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday it had launched the 89th wave of Operation True Promise 4, carrying out strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets in the region.

The IRGC said in a statement that Iran and various resistance fronts, through coordinated operations, used heavy missiles, attack drones, and rockets to strike U.S. military bases and Israeli targets.

The statement said the operation targeted Israeli military facilities and assembly points in Eilat, Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and other locations, and claimed that, according to local sources, it had caused significant Israeli casualties.

The IRGC also stated that it had hit a location in Bahrain housing 80 U.S. troops, and Iranian ballistic missiles struck a U.S. helicopter formation at a base in Kuwait, destroying one helicopter and damaging others.

Iran launches new round of attacks on US, Israeli targets