揚よう水すい発はつ電でん所しょ

noun

pumped storage power plant; pumped storage power station

A hydroelectric power plant that pumps water to an upper reservoir during low demand and releases it to generate electricity during peak demand.

• この地ち域いきには大おおきな揚よう水すい発はつ電でん所しょが建けん設せつされた。

  A large pumped storage power plant was built in this area.

• 揚よう水すい発はつ電でん所しょは電でん力りょく需じゅ要ようのピーク時じに発はつ電でんする。

  Pumped storage power plants generate electricity during peak demand.