Gordon Butte Pumped Storage is a 400MW hydro power project. It is planned on Cottonwood Creek river/basin in Montana, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2029 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2032. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is being developed by GB Energy Park and is currently owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners KS with a stake of 100%.
Gordon Butte Pumped Storage is a pumped storage project. The hydro reservoir capacity is planned to be 4.995 million cubic meter. The net head of the project will be 312.42m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, is expected to be 1 in number. The project is expected to generate 1,300 GWh of electricity.
The project will have 3 electric generators installed at the project site. The generator capacity is likely to be 134 MVA.
Development status
The project construction is expected to commence from 2029. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2032.
Contractors involved
Ames Construction, Barnard Construction and SNC-Lavalin Construction (Ontario) are expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the hydro power project.
GE Renewable Energy will be the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company is expected to provide 4 units of pump turbines, each with 100MW nameplate capacity.
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