SSE Renewables is planning to put £50 million ($68 million) into repowering the Tummel Bridge Hydro-Electric Power Station at one of the oldest hydro power plants in Scotland.
The power station delivers some 140 gigawatt hours of renewable-generation output each year and helps move water onwards in the overall hydroelectric scheme to the Clunie and Pitlochry power stations, according to Project Scotland. SSE Renewables’ investment is expected to extend the facility’s operational life by at least 40 years.
Works will include replacing the existing two hydro turbines with new modern technology, resulting in increases to water flow and thus enabling an increase in the generation output at the plant from 34 megawatts to 38 megawatts.
“Hydro power is Scotland’s original source of renewable energy and one which has an increasingly vital role to play in our path to achieving net zero carbon emissions in Scotland by 2045 and the U.K. by 2050,” said P
