Motion · S5M-20113 · 3 Dec 2019

Top VisitScotland Award for Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre

Lodged by Donald Cameron Standard Motion 12 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates the staff of Cruachan Power Station Visitor Centre on achieving a score of 91% in VisitScotland’s quality assurance scheme for the first time; notes that this outstanding result puts the visitor centre among Scotland’s top 20 visitor attractions; commends its efforts in welcoming 50,000 visitors each year and for offering free educational visits to schools and higher education institutions, helping to inspire future engineers; welcomes this achievement on the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the construction of the power station; recalls that Cruachan is the world’s first reversible pumped storage hydro system to be built on this scale and that it can store enough energy to power a city for more than 15 hours, and encourages visitors to explore Cruachan Power Station and learn more about its role in helping Scotland decarbonise its electricity.

Supporters (12)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.