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The Fearna Storage project is a proposed pumped storage hydroelectricity
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing.
A PSH system stores energy in the form of gravitational potent ...
(PSH) scheme in the Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (; , ) is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Scots language, Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gae ...
. The project is a collaboration between SSE and Gilkes Energy.
If built, the project will be one of the largest pumped-hydro schemes in Scotland, storing 37GWh of energy, equating to 20 hours of generation at the maximum capacity of 1.8GW.
Geography
The project is an extension to the Glen Garry hydroelectric scheme, which includes the reservoirLoch Quoich
Loch Quoich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Chuaich) is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40 km northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The name means "loch of the quaich". In 1896, it was listed as six miles long ...
, situated west of Loch Garry
Loch Garry (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garraidh) is a freshwater loch 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Loch Garry is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, ...
approximately 40 km northwest of Fort William.
Loch Fearna is a small lake roughly 1 km from Loch Quoich. Water from Loch Quoich will be pumped up to Loch Fearna over an average hydraulic head
Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a measurement related to liquid pressure (normalized by specific weight) and the liquid elevation above a vertical datum., 410 pages. See pp. 43–44., 650 pages. See p. 22, eq.3.2a.
It is usually meas ...
of 376m, with relatively short tunnels needed to connect the two. The water to be displaced would use 11% of the storage capacity of Loch Quoich.
Current status
A planning application under Section 36 of theElectricity Act 1989
The Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) provided for the privatisation of the electricity supply industry in Great Britain, by replacing the Central Electricity Generating Board in England and Wales and by restructuring the South of Scotland Electricity ...
was submitted in March 2025. If approved, it is expected that construction and commissioning will take seven years.
See also
*Coire Glas power station
Coire Glas power station is a proposed 1.3GW pumped storage hydroelectricity, pumped storage hydroelectric power station in the Scottish Highlands. If built, it will double the UK's ability to store energy for long periods.
Geography
Loch Lo ...
* Balliemeanoch Pumped Storage Hydro
Balliemeanoch Pumped Storage Hydro is a proposed pumped storage hydro (PSH) scheme in the Scottish Highlands.
If built, the project will be the largest pumped-hydro scheme in Scotland, storing 45GWh of energy, equating to 30 hours of genera ...
* Earba Storage Project
* Glen Earrach Energy
References
External links
Project website
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