First UK hydropower projects for decades provisionally agreed

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Britain’s first major pumped storage hydropower developments for decades have moved a step closer after three schemes secured provisional backing under a new electricity storage support programme.

Three schemes, all in Scotland, have been provisionally selected for support under the first allocation round of Ofgem’s new Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) Cap and Floor scheme, marking the first major regulatory backing for new PSH projects in Great Britain for decades.

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