An inaugural meeting of the Coire Glas Community Liaison Group (CLG) was held on 14 July via video conference.

The CLG is an opportunity for representatives of the community to contribute to the progress of Coire Glas, a proposed pumped storage hydro facility near Loch Lochy, which would be the first scheme of its type to be built in the UK for more than 30 years.

A second meeting of the Kilfinnan Road residents’ forum will be held on Wednesday 30 June. The forum will discuss survey and assessment which has been taking place along the road since the first forum in March.

Jim Smith, Managing Director of SSE Renewables, has joined leaders of other energy companies and environmental groups to co-sign an article published in today's Business Green that urges the UK Government to create the regulatory framework needed to support the delivery of long-duration energy storage technologies to help meet net-zero targets.

Facing the challenge of moving to 100% green electricity with PHS

Just 4.5GW of new long duration PHS with 90GWh of storage could save up to £690m per year in energy system costs by 2050

The UK’s largest newly planned hydro pumped storage scheme, has been granted consent by the Scottish Government