Drax Pull Cruachan 2, In Another Blow To Mad Miliband’s Net Zero Plans
May 7, 2025
tags: pumped storage
By Paul Homewood
The operator of an underground power station at Scotland’s "Hollow Mountain" has put on hold its plans for a major expansion of the site.
Renewables developer Drax had proposed building a new hydro-electric facility next to its existing complex inside Ben Cruachan, near Dalmally in Argyll.
But it said the costs of the project had risen and it would not be bidding for UK government support at this time.
The company said the expansion could potentially go-ahead in the future, "subject to an appropriate balance of risk and return".
The existing underground power station was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965.
At the time, it was the first large-scale reversible turbine storage energy project of its kind in the world.
It is housed within a huge cavern dug out inside Ben Cruachan, which is nicknamed Hollow Mountain because of the project.
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