4 MW Maldie hydroelectric power plant will be commissioned in Scotland in 2014
In Scotland in 2014 British company RWE Innogy is going to put into operation Maldie hydroelectric power plant with the capacity of four megawatts. The construction work took 20 months. The investment volume amounts to more than 17 million.
The experts state that an installed capacity of the plant will generate enough electricity (15 000 MW / h) to meet the renewable energy needs of around 3 000 houses.
RWE claims that hydropower has always been a key component of their renewable energy policy and that they are going to continue implementing energy projects in the future. In particular, in the region the company is currently constructing another 3 MW Cia Aig hydroelectric plant. Thus, in Scotland the company plans to achieve the same success as in Britain, where RWE is a leading developer, constructor and operator of 22 small hydropower plants with a total capacity of 78 MW.
According to the Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing the country's investment agency Scottish Enterprise has already allocated around $ 6 million for the Scottish renewable projects. And by 2020 the Scottish government aims to generate 100% of its annual electricity consumption at the expense of renewable energy sources. Scotland also plans to generate 25% of the wind and tidal energy potential and 10% of wave energy potential in all of Europe.
It is seen that British company RWE Innogy expands its presence on the Scottish energy market. In the coming months there will be running 4 MW hydroelectric power plant and the end of 2015 it is planned to complete the construction of another hydroelectric plant of 3 MW. Thus, Scotland aims to increase the hydropower consumption because of its ability to generate electricity around the clock, unlike other types of alternative energy sources.
Author: Ivan Prokhorov
