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About Dinorwic

Dinorwic lies in Gwynedd between Snowdonia's peaks and the Menai Strait, a former slate village now known for its remarkable pumped-storage power station built inside Elidir Mountain. Reach it via the A4086 from the A55 at Bangor, or from southern Wales via the A470 and A4086. The facility can generate 1,728 megawatts in just 16 seconds.

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Dinorwic is in Wales, at 53.134, -4.115 - about 10 km south-east of Aber-pwll.

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