ENGIE UK and CDPQ to invest up to £1 billion in UK two pumped storage hydro plants in UK
ENGIE UK, part of the France-headquartered ENGIE Group, and its Canadian investment partner CDPQ, are investing up to £1 billion in a refurbishment programme to extend the life of two pumped storage hydro assets in Wales.
Glen Earrach Energy reveals plans for £2bn+ pumped storage hydro project at Loch Ness in Scotland
Glen Earrach Energy will hold its first community engagement event on Friday 24 May after submitting a scoping request to the Scottish government for UK’s most efficient pumped storage hydro project.
EC clears pumped hydro firm acquisition
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control over FHH (Guernsey) Ltd by Brookfield Renewable UK Hydro Ltd.
Glyn Rhonwy pumped storage scheme gets Government go-ahead
The Glyn Rhonwy pumped storage scheme has been given Government go-ahead - the Secretary of State has announced the decision to grant development consent to the application by Snowdonia Pumped Hydro Ltd for the project.
Permits granted for £160m Llanberis pumped hydro scheme
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has issued environmental permits to Snowdonia Pumped Hydro for the proposed £160 million Glyn Rhonwy pumped storage hydro-electric scheme in North Wales to generate 99.9 MW of power.
£100m+ Welsh hydro scheme gets go-ahead for underground grid connection
Glyn Rhonwy pumped hydro scheme developer SPH has been granted planning permission for an underground grid connection for the facility.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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