Future Developments
The lake water is proposed to be integrated with a pumped-storage scheme planned under the "Qaraoun Lake-Marj et Taouil: Project". The plan is to utilise the water stored in this reservoir to be pumped to an upper reservoir, with a 50.6-metre-high (166 ft) dam at maximum water level of 1,679 metres (5,509 ft) to store water pumped from the Qaraoun Lake or reservoir) to maximize power generation during the daily lean period (off-peak hours) of power generation when load demand is low. In this mode of generation, the pumping will require 560 megawatts (750,000 hp), that would result in a generation of 388 megawatts (520,000 hp) of power.
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