Northern Ireland Pumped Hydro scheme

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dan_b
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Northern Ireland Pumped Hydro scheme

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1.8GWh capacity/ 300MW power pumped hydro plan for Northern Ireland announced

https://renews.biz/89237/foresight-inve ... o-project/
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Seems to be Republic of Ireland rather than Northern Ireland surely being near Tipperary.
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The article specifically says,

"Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP) is investing in the development of a new pumped storage hydro project in the Republic of Ireland."

Still nice to know about a new pumped hydro scheme, we don't get them very often.
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