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Making progress
Published: Aug 06, 2026 09:21 PM
Construction workers carry out the assembly and welding of the stay ring and spiral casing inside a pumped-storage power station in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu Province on August 6, 2026. The construction of the power station started in 2022, and all the four 350,000-kW reversible pump-turbine units are expected to be fully put into operation by 2029. Photo: VCG

Construction workers carry out the assembly and welding of the stay ring and spiral casing inside a pumped-storage power station in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu Province on August 6, 2026. The construction of the power station started in 2022, and all the four 350,000-kW reversible pump-turbine units are expected to be fully put into operation by 2029. Photo: VCG