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The Applied Superconductivity Group along with the members of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency’s Technology Collaborative Programme on Superconductivity (IEA HTS TCP) visit Nant De Grance a hydro-electric plant nearing completion nestled in the Swiss Mountains at Valais.
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The plant is capable of generating and storing 900 MW of power by pumping water between two retention lakes connected via a tunnel through the Swiss Mountains. The visit took people through that tunnel that will soon be home to fast flowing water once the site is fully operational.
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