Source: Renewables Now
Hutton’s Glensaugh research farm. Image source: James Hutton Institute.
The company was chosen after a competitive tendering process launched by the research institute for land, crops, water and the environment, the parties announced on Thursday.
The initiative, dubbed HydroGlen, will see the installation of on-site wind and/or solar capacity, an electrolyser, high- and low-pressure storage, a compression and refuelling system and a water purifier, with a battery energy storage system (BESS) and an EV charging station.
The site is located at the Hutton’s Glensaugh research farm near Fettercairn. The project is expected to be completed at the end of 2025. The scheme received a GBP-6.2-million (USD 7.85m/EUR 7.48m) grant under the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Fund in 2022.