Hapcheon-gun Advances Twin Pumped Storage Power Plants Reflecting Residents' Aspirations

Following the Selection of Dumusan
Hapcheon-gun Challenges to Attract Odosan Pumped Storage Power Plant

Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is making various efforts to address the issues of population decline due to low birth rates and aging, as well as economic stagnation.

In particular, through the construction of the national project Dumusan Pumped Storage Power Plant and the attraction of Odosan Pumped Storage Power Plant, Hapcheon is expecting a “hopeful future of Hapcheon” as a new growth engine for sustainable development by building an eco-friendly energy self-sufficient city.

Odosan, which stretches across Apgok-ri, Bongsan-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, closely resembles Dumusan, which was selected as the priority project for a new pumped storage power plant in the 10th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand at the end of 2023. With steep slopes and deep valleys, it is possible to create a large-scale reservoir capacity, and the terrain composed of bedrock layers makes it an optimal site for a pumped storage power plant.

Hapcheon-gun Twin Pumped Storage Power Plant Promotion Resident Briefing Session.

Cost savings are expected through the joint use of underground power plants, and maintenance costs can be reduced and efficiency improved through joint management and operation, creating a synergy effect. Considering the timing of the project, economic feasibility, and the aspirations of the residents, now is the most appropriate time. Based on these regional advantages, Hapcheon-gun is promoting the country’s first and largest twin pumped storage power plants.

The acceptance of local residents, including their consent, is the most important factor in attracting new pumped storage power plants. Accordingly, since 2023, Hapcheon-gun has been conducting business briefings (4 sessions, 207 participants) for Bongsan residents, village-by-village business briefings (8 sessions, 199 participants), and pumped storage power plant tours (7 sessions, 217 participants) around Odosan Pumped Storage Power Plant to improve residents’ understanding of the project and resolve their questions, and will continue to focus all administrative efforts on securing resident acceptance.

Residents who participated in the briefings and tours said, “We have come to understand the pumped storage power plant,” and added, “To respond to the local economy and population extinction, we will make efforts centered on the residents to attract the twin pumped storage power plants to Hapcheon-gun so that new vitality can be brought to the region.”

County Governor Kim Yoon-cheol stated, “We will do our best together with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to attract the twin pumped storage power plants by uniting the will of the residents. Going forward, the public and private sectors will work as one to achieve the attraction of the nation’s first and largest twin pumped storage power plants.”

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