Net zero power station to be built on Loch Ness
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By Paul Homewood
h/t Doug Brodie
From the Telegraph:
A giant net zero hydropower station is to be built on Loch Ness under Ed Miliband’s plans to shore up Britain’s energy security.
Ofgem, the energy regulator, said it was minded to approve three new net zero projects on Scotland’s lochs to help provide backup power at times when wind or solar generation falters.
The Scottish schemes will see surplus electricity from wind farms used to pump water from lowland lakes into others further uphill. Water would then be released and naturally run downhill, spinning turbines and generating power at times of need in the process.
The Loch Ness scheme is promoted by Statera, a subsidiary of Swedish investment giant EQT Infrastructure.
It would use Loch Kemp, in the hills above Loch Ness, as the upper reservoir, with a dam built to expand its capacity. Underground pipes would connect it to Loch Ness.
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