page_title: Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station
hierarchical_section_title: Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station
caption_attribution_description: English: The seawater intake/outlet of the Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station faces the Philippine Sea. The power station is located in Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan and it is operated by the Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. 日本語: 沖縄やんばる海水揚水発電所の取水放水口はフィリピン海に面する。発電所は沖縄県国頭村に位置し、電源開発株式会社によって運転されている。
context_page_description: The Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station was an experimental hydroelectric power station located in Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan and operated by the Electric Power Development Company. It was the world’s first pumped-storage facility to use seawater for storing energy. Its maximum output was 30 MW. Construction of the plant started in 1987 and was completed in 1999 at a cost of ¥3.2 billion and was dismantled in 2016.
context_section_description: The Okinawa Yanbaru Seawater Pumped Storage Power Station (沖縄やんばる海水揚水発電所, Okinawa Yanbaru Kaisui Yōsui Hatsudensho) was an experimental hydroelectric power station located in Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan and operated by the Electric Power Development Company. It was the world’s first pumped-storage facility to use seawater for storing energy. Its maximum output was 30 MW. Construction of the plant started in 1987 and was completed in 1999  at a cost of ¥3.2 billion and was dismantled in 2016.
caption: The seawater intake/outlet faced the Philippine Sea, which served as the lower reservoir for this power station. The upper reservoir is not shown in this picture.
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