Recently, the Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued a document, and the Hunan Chenxi Pumped Storage Power Station project has officially passed the approval, which marks that the preliminary work of the project has been basically completed and entered the countdown stage of construction.

The Hunan Chenxi Pumped Storage Power Station is located in Chenxi County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, with a total installed capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts and a total investment of about 7.8 billion yuan. It is a key implementation project of the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Hunan Province and the first batch of approved projects in Hunan Province in 2023.

It is reported that the project is composed of main structures such as upper reservoir, lower reservoir, water conveyance system, underground plant and switch station, mainly undertaking tasks such as peak regulation, valley filling, frequency regulation, phase regulation, energy storage and emergency backup of Hunan Power Grid.