Building inside mountains: Global demand for pumped hydroelectric storage soars

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

11 December 2023

Pumped hydroelectric storage plants around the world have been secretly storing electricity in remote mountain lakes for the last century. But the switch to renewable energy sources is prompting a surge in new construction. Lucy Barnard finds out more. 

Looking out over the ragged beauty of the Scottish Highlands, Coire Glas, a horseshoe-shaped valley holding a clear mountain lake above the shores of Loch Lochy, seems like an unlikely spot to build a megaproject.

In this remote location, surrounded by clumps of pine trees, a team of construction…

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