Okukiyotsu pumped storage power station - Okukiyotsu pumped storage power station

...About 8km from Yagisawa to the downstream Kiyotsukyo Onsen is Kiyotsukyo Gorge (French: Tennoji), with cliffs and columnar joints of pyroxene andesite. The scenic trail along the valley walls attracts tourists during the seasons of fresh greenery and autumn leaves. Upstream of the Kiyotsu River is the Electric Power Development Company's Okukiyotsu Pumped Storage Power Station (maximum output 1,000,000 kW), which has the Katsa Dam on the upper pond and the Futai Dam on the lower pond. [Isobe Toshisada]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Okukiyotsu Pumped Storage Power Plant is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…八木沢から下流清津峡温泉までの約8kmが絶壁と複輝石安山岩の柱状節理が発達する清津峡(名･天)で，新緑･紅葉時には谷壁の探勝路は観光客を集める。清津川上流には上池のカツサダム，下池の二居（ふたい）ダムをもつ電源開発会社の奥清津揚水式発電所(最大出力100万kW)が稼働している。【磯部 利貞】。…

※「奥清津揚水式発電所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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