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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.
The power stations hold the distinction of being the first large-scale hydro-electric plants in the United Kingdom to be constructed to provide a public supply, rather than for industrial use. The Grampian scheme near Pitlochry was authorised two years earlier, in 1922, but construction did not start until 1928.
The power station was originally operated by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, before being transferred to the South of Scotland Electricity Board. [12] It was owned by ScottishPower from the privatisation of Britain's electricity industry in 1990 until Drax Group purchased it along with other ScottishPower assets on 1 January 2019.
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.
The Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Scheme is a hydroelectric scheme in the Breadalbane area of Perthshire, Scotland. It comprises seven power stations which generate 120MW of power from the dams around Loch Lyon , Loch Earn and Loch Tay .
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.
The Tummel hydro-electric power scheme is an interconnected network of dams, power stations, ... the station was the first in Scotland to be automated. [38]