A £250 million hydro energy scheme at a former Dumfriesshire opencast mine is to be taken forward by a new developer.
Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners this week agreed a deal with Buccleuch to lease the site of the proposed Glenmuckloch scheme near Kirkconnel in Upper Nithsdale.
Buccleuch’s estate’s executive chairman, Benny Higgins, said: “Buccleuch has long spoken of the immense potential for a PSH (pumped storage hydro) and windfarm project at Glenmuckloch, a project which has been wholly privately funded.
