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Although claimed to be the first such station in the world when it opened in 1965 by the Visit Cruachan website, Drax Group PLC's Cruachan Power Station [15] was preceded by the Ffestiniog Power Station in North Wales, which opened in 1963, [16] and on a smaller scale by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's Sron Mor power station opened ...
Pages in category "Hydroelectric power stations in Scotland" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Gaur power station is located on the banks of the River Gaur, 0.3 miles (0.5 km) below Gaur Dam, which impounds water in Loch Eigheach. After passing through the turbine, the water is discharged into the River Gaur to reach Loch Rannoch. Because of its remote location, the station was the first in Scotland to be automated. [38]
The Cruachan Power Station (also known as the Cruachan Dam) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK.The scheme can provide 440 MW of power and produced 705 GWh in 2009.
The Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme consists of two hydroelectric plants in the Clydesdale area of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are run-of-the-river power stations, using water from the River Clyde near to the Falls of Clyde .
Storr Lochs is a hydro-electric power station built on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland and commissioned in 1952. It was built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, and used water from Lochs Leathan and Fada, to provide the first general supply of electricity to the island. Because the location of the turbine house was not ...
The Galloway hydro-electric power scheme is a network of dams and hydro-electric power stations in Galloway, south west Scotland.It was built between 1930 and 1936. The generating stations draw water from the River Ken, River Dee and River Doon through reservoirs at Loch Doon, Kendoon, Carsfad, Clatteringshaws, and Tongland.
The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board was created by the Hydro-electric Development (Scotland) Act 1943, [2] a measure championed by the politician Tom Johnston while he was Secretary of State for Scotland. [3] Johnston's vision was for a public body that could build hydro-electric stations throughout the Highlands.