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£160m Snowdonia pump storage project approved

Source: http://www.theplanner.co.uk

Work could start next year on a £160 million pumped storage power project earmarked for a site in the Snowdonia National Park following the approval of a development consent order (DCO).The UK Government’s business and energy secretary Greg Clark approved the DCO for the scheme, proposed by developer Snowdonia Pumped Hydro Ltd (SPH), on 8 March after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate.The 99-megawatt Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project is set to be developed at the abandoned Glyn Ronny and Chwarel Fawr slate quarries near Llanberis in North Wales.It is expected to have an operational life of around 125 years and support up to 30 full-time local jobs, as well as hundreds during construction.