Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create a moratorium on any further development of pump storage hydro operations on Scottish lochs holding wild Atlantic salmon until the impact of such developments on wild Atlantic salmon migrations is understood.
Petitioner: Brian Shaw on behalf of the Ness District Salmon Fishery Board
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 19 June 2024
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SPICe Briefing (131KB, pdf) posted 09 September 2024
27 November 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, major developers of pumped storage schemes including Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, and the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science.
Official Report of Meeting 27 November 2024
PE2109/A: Scottish Government written submission, 27 September 2024 (9KB, pdf) posted 29 October 2024
PE2109/B: Glen Earrach Energy written submission, 9 January 2025 (59KB, pdf) posted 13 January 2025
PE2109/C: SSE Renewables written submission, 10 January 2025 (68KB, pdf) posted 13 January 2025
PE2109/D: Statkraft written submission, 10 January 2025 (64KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2025