The SSE project in the Highlands would double the UK's ability to store energy for long periods.
By James CookA giant hydro scheme which would double the UK's ability to store energy for long periods is taking a leap forward with a £100m investment by SSE.
The concept of Coire Glas is simple. It involves two reservoirs at different heights in the Great Glen, the geological fault which slices through Scotland between Inverness and Fort William. "We believe strongly it could play a huge role in enabling a decarbonised energy system," said Finlay McCutcheon, SSE's director of onshore renewables.
Mr McCutcheon, of SSE, insisted there was a clear case for the UK government to support a strategic expansion in hydro capacity. The North Yorkshire-based company plans to more than double the generating capacity of its facility, nicknamed Hollow Mountain, to more than 1GW, with the construction of a new underground power station."SSE needs clarity around how the UK government is going to support projects like Coire Glas," Mr McCutcheon explained.
It's amazing how this old technology is suddenly becoming necessary again - but for very different reasons.The moment when Dirty Den served divorce papers on his wife Angie during the 1986 Christmas Day episode of Eastenders was watched by 30 million people.All those kettles created a phenomenal demand for electricity, and that's when the sluice gates opened on our pumped hydro plants.
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