Ben Cruachan

Moving Mountains: Drax moves forward with plans to create giant Scottish hydropower station

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Moving Mountains: Drax moves forward with plans to create giant Scottish hydropower station

Proposed 600MW power station inside Ben Cruachan would increase site's total capacity to over 1GW

clock 16 May 2022 • 5 min read

Energy

'Hollow Mountain' power: Drax starts planning for second pumped hydro storage station inside Scottish peak

Proposed 600MW plant would be built next to existing pumped hydro station inside Argyll’s highest mountain and help provide critical balancing services to grid

clock 24 June 2021 • 4 min read
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