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SSE warns hydro plant may be shut for a year
The first major UK hydro project to be completed in 50 years, Glendoe was closed less than two months after the Queen officially opened the 100-megawatt station at the end of June.
Yesterday, Perth-based SSE said investigations showed that the rock fall, in a tunnel carrying water between the reservoir and the power station, was "very substantial". ...SSE also confirmed the Greater Gabbard wind farm in the Thames Estuary had been hit after faulty welding was discovered on the turbines.
September 29, 2009
by Hamish Rutherford
in Business.scotsman
Scottish & Southern Energy yesterday warned its new Glendoe hydro station could be closed for more than a year after rock fall in August.
The first major UK hydro project to be completed in 50 years, Glendoe was closed less than two months after the Queen officially opened the 100-megawatt station at the end of June.
Yesterday, Perth-based SSE said investigations showed that the rock fall, in a tunnel carrying water between the reservoir and the power station, was "very substantial".
Contractors are now working on the site, near Fort Augustus, to establish how best to make repairs, but SSE warned it would not... [continue via Web link]
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