Author: Jane Meek

March 27, 2024 Jane Meek 13 comments

Following many months of speculation, the long-trailed Earba pumped storage hydro scheme proposed by Gilkes Energy for Ardverikie Estate is now the subject of a formal planning application on the Scottish Government’s Energy Consent Unit (ECU) website.  Since it was first proposed, the installed capacity of the Earba scheme has doubled from 900 MW to…

September 29, 2019 Jane Meek 8 comments

Last Saturday I took to the hills above Ardgartan to climb The Brack and Cnoc Coinnich, both of which are classed as Corbetts.  I had not planned to be on the hills at all that day, but the sight of bright blue sky above early morning mists in the Blane Valley proved irresistible.  Armed with…