Llanberis - Power Plant Proposal

by Elfyn Jones - BMC Nov/2012
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A planning application has been submitted for a new pumped storage power station at the Glynrhonwy slate quarries at Llanberis that would create new reservoirs, a major pipeline and the permanent flooding of some disused quarry sites that contain climbing routes. If approved proposal may also require new overhead power cables across the lower Llanberis valley to export generated electricity to the National Grid.

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+The village of Llanberis, sat below the slopes of Moel Elio. Taken from above Vivian Quarry, 168 kb
The village of Llanberis, sat below the slopes of Moel Elio. Taken from above Vivian Quarry
Jack Geldard - UKC Chief Editor, Apr 2009
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Gwynedd Council has received a planning application from a company called "The Quarry Battery Company" for a new hydro-electric pumped storage power station at the site of the old Glynrhonwy slate quarries which are located in the lower Llanberis valley directly above Llyn Padarn (seen in the upper right of the photo above). The quarries contain the iconic and very first climbing route to be done on slate - the route Gideon  first climbed back in 1964.

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* Forums ( Read More... | 47 comments, 03 Dec 2012 )
And to be triply pedantic, that really does depend on the heat pump, how they are used, and the weather. No heat pump is more efficient than gas all the time. The point is though, if we manage to get to a point where...
Epic Ebdon - 03 Dec 2012

Im confused by your comments as you havent really elaborated. I was trying to identfy my own personal mixed emotions on the issue and how it was to some extent a personal contradiction. I think you have identfied what I...
Ewan Russell - 03 Dec 2012

Just to be pedantic, electric heating is far less efficient than heating powered by primary energy due to the losses involved in generating the electricity and distibuting it. I do see your point that the push towards...
Jimbo C - 03 Dec 2012

The Dinorwic plant across the valley surely demonstrates this can be done relatively sensitively. I'm quite sure it has. What's wrong with that? We do NEED more electrical power, not just for our gadgets (I...
jkarran - 03 Dec 2012

But this isn't really about new electricity production - it is about making better use of what we have, storing energy when we are using less, and about creating a grid flexible enough to cope with intermittent...
Ben1983 - 02 Dec 2012

this doesn't surprise me at all. While North Wales is being targeted by the gov for developments in renewable energy schemes (allegedly to promote business and development of the Welsh economy)very few of the companies...
eugeneth - 02 Dec 2012

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