Dinorwig Power Station (Wales)

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Name (Latin)
Dinorwig Power Station (Wales)
See Also From tracing topical name
Pumped storage power plants Wales
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1146238
Library of congress: sh2005006022
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Williams, E. Dinorwig, 1991:p. 11 (the Dinorwig hydroelectric pumped storage scheme, the Elidir mountain, Snowdonia)
  • PDA Group WWW Site, 1 Sept. 2005:Dinorwig Power Station page (Dinorwig Power Station, situated in Llanberis, Gwynedd)
  • First Hydro Company WWW Site, 1 Sept. 2005:Dinorwig page (Dinorwig Power Station, fully commissioned in 1984)
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Wikipedia description:

The Dinorwig Power Station (Welsh: Gorsaf Bŵer Dinorwig, pronounced [dɪˈnɔrwɪɡ]), known locally as Electric Mountain, or Mynydd Gwefru, is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, north Wales. The scheme can supply a maximum power of 1,728 MW and has a storage capacity of around 9.1 GWh (33 TJ).

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