Green Highland Renewables will start later this month work on the Loch Eilde Mor hydro scheme in the hills above Kinlochleven in Scotland.
The £13.6m project, which lies on the Rio Tinto estate, is fully funded by the hydro firm’s owners Ancala Renewables.
It is one of a number of projects the firm is looking to develop across the Highlands.
The project is set to be commissioned in summer 2017.
Part of the works access will be via a bridge over the River Leven, which also forms part of the West Highland Way. A temporary diversion has been agreed and the bridge will be ready for public use for those wanting to navigate the West Highland Way by the beginning of April.
Green Highland Renewables chief executive officer Mark Mathieson said: “This is a really exciting project and marks the start of an extremely busy two years for our firm.
“We have well over a dozen active schemes in our build pipeline with further investment to come, and the nature of our projects means the majority of expenditure goes on civil engineering, much of which is carried out by local firms.”
Image: construction of small Green Highland Renewables hydro scheme (Green Highland Renewables)
