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Northland Power Marmora pumped storage hydro projectHydroelectric power can be a very efficient way to produce or augment renewable energy. But if you don't have a nearby river that's big enough to dam—that's where pumped storage comes in. Using the power of gravity and a reversible turbine, Toronto's Northland power wants to convert an old open-pit iron ore mine in Marmora, Ontario, into a waterfall five times the height of Niagara Falls....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/abandoned-canadian-open-pit-mine-could-be-turned-into-a-giant-pumped-storage-hydroelectric-plant/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
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