Welsh pumped storage scheme gets green light for £100m investment

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Planned site in disused slate quarries near Llanberis could provide 600MWh of low carbon electricity at peak times

The approval of plans for a £100m pumped storage facility in North Wales could help bring more green energy onto the grid, the project's developer has predicted. Quarry Battery Company (QBC) says the...

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