Ffestiniog hydro electric power station, North Wales.
Ffestiniog power station is a 360 MW pumped storage hydroelectric scheme, near Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Northwest Wales. The power station at the lower reservoir has four water turbines, which can generate 360 megawatts (MW) of electricity within 60 seconds of the need arising. The station, commissioned in 1963 , was the first major pumped storage system in the UK. The plant is operated by First Hydro (a UK company owned by a joint venture of International Power plc and Mitsui & Co) and has an average efficiency of 72-73% it uses 38% more electricity (when pumping the water back up to the Llyn Stwlan) than it actually produces.
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Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK.
Photo credit: © Clynt Garnham Renewable Energy / Alamy / Afripics
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