Dinorwig Power Station | |
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Location | Dinorwig, Wales |
Coordinates | 53°07′07″N 04°06′50″W / 53.11861°N 4.11389°W |
Construction began | 1974 |
Opening date | 1984 |
Construction cost | £425 million |
Owner(s) | First Hydro Company (a division of Engie) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Upper: Marchlyn Mawr Lower: Llyn Peris |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 1984 |
Turbines | 6 × 300 MW (400,000 hp) [1] |
Installed capacity | 1,800 MW (2,400,000 hp) |
Website https://www.electricmountain.co.uk/ |
The Dinorwig Power Station (/dɪˈnɔːrwɪɡ/; Welsh: [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 (2,317,000 hp) and has a storage capacity of around 9.1 GWh (33 TJ).[2]
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