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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Ian Cunningham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idiot Miliband\u2019s plans continue to unravel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The operator of an underground power station at Scotland\u2019s “Hollow Mountain” has put on hold its plans for a major expansion of the site.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewables developer Drax had proposed building a new hydro-electric facility next to its existing complex inside Ben Cruachan, near Dalmally in Argyll.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it said the costs of the project had risen and it would not be bidding for UK government support at this time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said the expansion could potentially go-ahead in the future, “subject to an appropriate balance of risk and return”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The existing underground power station was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, it was the first large-scale reversible turbine storage energy project of its kind in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is housed within a huge cavern dug out inside Ben Cruachan, which is nicknamed Hollow Mountain because of the project.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drax had proposed investing \u00a3500m in the construction project over seven years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, it completed initial design and engineering work for a 600MW expansion of Cruachan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said: “Drax believes that the Cruachan II project is well aligned with the long-term system need for flexible generation and energy storage and, given its location, is well placed to support system constraints between Scotland and England.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added: “Drax remains committed to disciplined capital expenditure which seeks to balance the risk and return of individual projects against other uses of capital, to maximise value.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simple fact is that the \u00a3500 million project, funded of course by government subsidies, would barely have made a dent in the black hole created by intermittent wind power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cruachan 2 would be able to supply about two hours worth of electricity at its rated output of 600 MW, roughly 1 GWh. That\u2019s enough to keep the UK grid going for about a minute or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drax would need the government to pay for all of that investment one way or another, as the project would have little commercial value otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This latest ploy is intended to force the deluded Miliband to fork out yet more taxpayer money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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