Wind power for smelter and steel mill

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About time someone got their act together IMO, there's bucketloads of "free" electric up here

And when it aint windy, use hydro

The owners of the UK's last aluminium smelter plans to install up to 54 wind turbines at a site in the Highlands.

The wind farm proposed for Glenshero, near Laggan, would supply electricity for GFG Alliance's Lochaber Smelter near Fort William.

The scheme would also provide power for Motherwell's Dalzell steel mills run by Liberty, which with another company SIMEC forms GFG Alliance.

If the farm goes ahead, steel for the turbines would be rolled in Motherwell.

As well as the wind farm, GFG said it hopes to upgrade existing hydro power stations serving the smelter and look at the potential of building smaller scale hydro schemes in Lochaber.

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