The Liyang Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station currently under construction 22 km (14 mi) south of Liyang in Jiangsu Province eastern China. Preliminary construction began in 2002 and major works started in May 2011. When complete in 2016 the power station will have an installed capacity of 1500 MW.As a pumped-storage scheme the power station shifts water between an upper and a lower reservoir.