Latest updates and deep dives on Glen Earrach PSH
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Objection
SEPA Objection Advice for the determining authority We submit a holding objection due to potential impacts on flood risk and peat and carbon rich soils.
The Wild Trout Trust – Objection
The Wild Trout Trust – Objection Please accept this formal objection to the proposal (Glen Earrach Pumped Hydro Project ECU00005121) in the Ness catchment. The
NatureScot assessment of the impacts on River Moriston SAC and North Inverness-shire Lochs SPA – Objection
NatureScot assessment of the impacts on River Moriston SAC and North Inverness-shire Lochs SPA – Objection Thank you for the additional time to allow us
NatureScot interim response – Holding Objection
NatureScot interim response – Holding Objection This is a partial response produced at the request of the applicant; it includes our advice on most protected
Plantlife Objection
Plantlife Objection Plantlife is a global charity working to enhance, protect, restore and celebrate the wild plants and fungi that are essential to all life
NESS DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD (NDSFB) – Holding Objection (Part 3)
Holding Objection (Part 3) – Technical Objection Summary Ness DSFB object to the Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro/ ECU00005121 scheme on the following grounds: 1.
NESS DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD (NDSFB) – Holding Objection (Part 2)
NESS DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD (NDSFB) – Holding Objection (Part 2) Following on from ‘Part 1’, here is the second instalment from the initial NDSFB ‘holding
NESS DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD (NDSFB) – Holding Objection (Part 1)
NESS DISTRICT SALMON FISHERY BOARD (NDSFB) – Holding Objection (Part 1) The NDSFB have made multiple representations to the Energy Consents Unit, but here is
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 4)
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 4) Here is the final instalment from the GUCC Objection submitted to the Energy Consents Unit. Summary This application
Perspective: Former Forest Manager for Glen Urquhart Woodlands
Perspective: Former Forest Manager for Glen Urquhart Woodlands Local resident Malcolm Wield was formerly a Forest District Manager for the Forestry Commission (FC), responsible for
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 3)
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 3)Following the previous two blogs, here is the latest instalment from the GUCC. 1.11 Ground conditions – Peat Significant
Buglife responds to ‘Further Information’ – Objection maintained
Buglife responds to ‘Further Information’ – Objection maintained Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust would like to make the additional comments on the above application
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 2)
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 2) 1.6 Water Environment NPF4 Policy 22 requires that developments must not increase the risk of flooding or adversely
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 1)
Glen Urquhart Community Council Objection (Part 1) Glen Urquhart formally object to the proposed Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) development, on the grounds that
Jacobite Cruises Object
Jacobite Cruises Object As Managing Director of Jacobite Cruises Ltd., I am writing to detail our significant concerns regarding the proposed Glen Earrach Pumped Storage
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council Objects
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council Objects We are writing to formally object to the proposed Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme. While we recognise the
Mountaineering Scotland Raises Concerns
Mountaineering Scotland Raises Concerns Thank you for the opportunity to respond to this application. 1. Mountaineering Scotland is a membership organisation with 16,000 members and
RSPB Objection
RSPB Objection APPLICATION FOR CONSENT UNDER SECTION 36 OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 FOR THE PROPOSED GLEN EARRACH PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO PROJECT IN THE PLANNING
Woodland Trust Objection
Woodland Trust Objection The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We own over 1,000 sites across the UK, covering over 30,000 hectares
Highlands Rewilding Objection
Highlands Rewilding Objection To whom it may concern, Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme (the project), ECU ref: 00005121, THC ref: 25/01599/S36. Highlands Rewilding Ltd.
Buglife Objection
Reasons to object… It is not just our communities that have serious concerns about the Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro proposal. A number of local,
‘Green’ energy project threatens Loch Ness, says renewables pioneer
Press Release from Highlands Rewilding Solar renewables entrepreneur, Jeremy Leggett, warns that Loch Ness hydro project is an inappropriate mega-development that could devastate Scotland’s irreplaceable
Geology is the ‘rocky’ foundation of the Glen Earrach project
By Stuart Haszeldine OBE FRSE C.Geol. Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh (https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/stuart-haszeldine) The geological foundations of Glen Earrach proposal are very poorly known, this
Beyond the Briefing – Podcast
Save Loch Ness recently contributed to a podcast, hosted by the Inverness Courier, where we and Glen Earrach Energy (GEE Director Roderick MacLeod) share our
We are on YouTube!
Save Loch Ness is now on You Tube. One of our members has put together some very informative videos on access and locations that will
A FUTURE IN THE GLENS
Just as I was getting to grips with the gravity of the proposed Glen Earrach Pump Hydro Storage scheme for Loch Ness, I happened across
How to Object
Save Loch Ness has been working hard behind the scenes with Planning, Hydrological and Ecological consultants, and we have also been engaging with aquatic and