Power plant · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Grand Maison Power Plant

Grand Maison Power Plant is a pumped storage power plant in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, with 1,857 MW of capacity, operated by Électricité de France.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
LocationAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationFranceWikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (commissioned)JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year1987JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year1978Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorÉlectricité de FranceWikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,857 MW (sum of operating units, GRAND MAISON 1 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 10 170 MW; GRAND MAISON 11 157 MW; GRAND MAISON 12 157 MW; GRAND MAISON 2 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 3 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 4 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 5 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 6 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 7 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 8 152 MW; GRAND MAISON 9 157 MW)JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,690 MWWikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units12 unitsJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyPumped hydro storage (registered as Hydro Pumped Storage)JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyPumped hydro storageWikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
EIC code17W100P100P02756JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates45.1460, 6.0510JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

3 sources record Grand Maison; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.

Name in the sourceIdentifierSourceMatched on
Grand Maisonasset:eic:17W100P100P02756JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN)—
centrale de Grand'Maisonasset:wikidata:Q17778280WikidataSame name, coordinates and capacity
Grand Maisonasset:opsd:17W100P100P02756Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe)Same ENTSO-E EIC code

How it compares

Grand Maison is the 5th-largest of 29 power plants in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the 19th-largest of 222 in France by capacity; its 1,857 MW is 1.7% of the 107,469 MW we hold for France. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

WithinRankTotalShare
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes5th of 2921,510 MW8.6%
France19th of 222107,469 MW1.7%
All power plants in our data135th of 15,7991,918,113 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Started operating
  2. Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
MagFactoryProcessing plant——37 km

Operator and place

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