Drax taps Voith Hydro to support 'Hollow Mountain' energy storage vision

Michael Holder
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Proposed Scotland pumped hydro storage facility has planning consent, but Drax claims further government support needed to make it commercially viable

Plans for the UK's first new pumped hydro energy storage scheme in four decades have taken a step forward, with technology and engineering firm Voith Hydro yesterday appointed by energy giant Drax to provide...

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