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Earba PSH Project Awarded Provisional LDES Cap and Floor Contract
The Earba PSH Project has reached another major milestone after securing a provisional Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) Cap and Floor contract from Ofgem under the UK Government’s new support mechanism for large-scale energy storage projects. Ofgem’s published ‘Minded-To’ list identifies LDES projects…
Second Ground Investigation Campaign Begins at Earba PSH Project
A new phase of ground investigation works has now started at the Earba Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) project site. These works form part of ongoing efforts to better understand the ground conditions…
EARBA PSH SUBMITTED INTO OFGEM’s ‘SUPER BATTERY’ CAP & FLOOR SUPPORT SCHEME
The Earba Storage Project is a proposed pumped storage hydro (PSH) scheme with an installed capacity of 1,800 MW and a storage capacity of 40,000 MWh, making it the largest project of its kind in…
Earba PSH Joins Ofgem’s ‘Super Battery’ Scheme
EARBA PSH SECURES PLACE IN Ofgem’s ‘SUPER BATTERY’ CAP & FLOOR SUPPORT SCHEME The Earba Storage Project is a proposed pumped storage hydro (PSH) scheme with an installed capacity of 1,800 MW and…
Earba PSH Project Secures Major Planning Consent
We are excited to announce that the Earba Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) Project has officially been granted Section 36 Planning Consent by the Energy Consents Unit of the Scottish Government. This…
Planning Application submitted
Planning Application submitted for the 1.8GW Earba Pumped Storage Hydro ‘PSH’ project We are delighted to announce that the Planning Application for the Earba Pumped Storage Hydro Project has now…
Pre-application Public Consultation Events
We invite you to come and find out about our proposals for the 1,800 Megawatt, 40 Gigawatt-hour Earba Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme We are holding public consultation events at: Laggan Community Hall…
Ground Investigation Works Underway at Earba
Prior to submitting the planning application for the proposed Earba Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme, a number of trial pits and boreholes are being undertaken at the Earba site this Summer. The…
Project Update – 19 May 2023
Project Update – Following the submission of a Scoping Report to the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) of the Scottish Government on 31 January 2023, we received a response, the Scoping Opinion, from…
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The Project
The Earba project will be the largest such scheme in the UK in terms of energy stored. The Earba Storage project is a proposed pumped storage hydro (‘PSH’) scheme with an installed capacity of up to 1,800MW.
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