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The Lochaber hydroelectric scheme is a hydroelectric power generation project constructed in the Lochaber area of the western Scottish Highlands after the First World War. Like its predecessors at Kinlochleven and Foyers , it was designed to provide electricity for aluminium production, this time at Fort William .
Lochaber smelter, Fort William: 42,000: Alvance British Aluminium: Formerly owned by Rio Tinto, sold in 2016 to GFG Alliance. [19] Last remaining aluminium smelter in the UK [20] United Kingdom: Anglesey smelter, Holyhead: 142,000: Rio Tinto - Kaiser Aluminum - Anglesey Smelter: Closed 2009 [21] United Kingdom: Lynemouth smelter, Lynemouth-100% ...
A visitor centre, "The Aluminium Story", tells the story of the creation of the village to serve the aluminium smelting facility. There is a hostel, microlodge facility and campsite close to the river. It has eight microlodges comprising a mixture of two and four berth accommodation. There are toilets, showers and dishwashing facilities.
The aluminium smelter closed in 2000, [2] but the power station continues to export power via the National Grid to the Lochaber smelter in Fort William, via an upgraded 132 kV overhead line. The Blackwater Dam overflowing with excess water. The six steel penstocks and associated thrust blocks just upstream of the power house
British Aluminium was an ... 1895 with the first hydro-electric powered smelter opening in 1896 followed by two more, at Kinlochleven in 1909 and Lochaber in ...
Two U.S. aluminum smelters, two more in Spain, and one in Italy have already been shut down by Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) as the aluminum fabricator and miner tries to come to grips with the ever ...
An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss ...
Penstocks carrying water to the aluminium smelter at Fort William Main article: Lochaber hydroelectric scheme The Lochaber hydroelectric scheme is a hydroelectric power generation project constructed in the Lochaber area after World War I .