§ Lord Burtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which, if any, existing "run-of-the-river" hydroelectric schemes, as opposed to pump storage, has sufficient installed capacity to supply the amount of electricity that was required by the Smelter at Invergordon; and whether there is any possible "run-of-the-river" scheme which could be built in Scotland which would have this capacity.
§ The Earl of MansfieldThe Invergordon smelter requires a constant power supply of around 200 megawatts. There is no existing "run-of-the-river" scheme with sufficient installed capacity to meet that requirement nor is there any potential "run-of-the-river" development which would have more than a small fraction of the required capacity.