List of power stations in Scotland

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List of Power Stations in Scotland is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Scotland, sorted by type and rating. Scotland is a net exporter of electricity and has a generating capacity of over 10GW.

Contents 1 Nuclear power stations 2 Coal-fired 3 Oil- and gas-fired 4 Hydro-electric 5 Wind Power 6 Wave Power 7 Other 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Nuclear power stations

• Torness, Advanced gas-cooled reactor, 1364MW
• Hunterston B, Advanced gas-cooled reactor, 1288MW
• Hunterston A, Magnox, 320MW (closed 1990, decommissioning)
• Chapelcross, Magnox, 200MW (closed 2004, decommissioning)
• Dounreay DFR Fast breeder reactor, 14MW (closed 1977, decommissioning)
• Dounreay PFR Fast breeder reactor, 250MW (closed 1994, decommissioning)

[edit] Coal-fired

• Longannet, 2400MW
• Cockenzie, 1200MW
• Kincardine, 760MW (closed, demolished 2001)
• Methil, 57MW (not in operation)

[edit] Oil- and gas-fired

• Inverkip, 1900MW (not in operation)
• Peterhead, 1550MW
• Lerwick, A and B, 66MW

[edit] Hydro-electric

• Northern scheme, 22 stations, 441MW
• Ben Cruachan scheme, Pumped Storage, 440MW
• Tummel-Breadalbane scheme, 15 stations, 365MW
• Foyers scheme, Pumped-storage, 305MW
• Sloy-Awe scheme, 10 stations, 236MW
• Galloway scheme, 8 stations, 106.5MW
• Lanark scheme, 2 stations, 18MW
• Kinlochewe-Talladale scheme, 2 stations, 11MW
• Cleaton.is.ace scheme, 2 stations, 11MW

Here's my complete list of former North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board stations, grouped by schemes, complete with National Grid references. '$' denotes an underground station:

Sloy-Awe:

• $Clachan NR 19199 13314
• $Nant NN 01578 20824
• Inverawe NN 01697 32129
• Allt na Larige NN 23103 13650
• Sron Mor NN 16142 20051
• Sloy NN 32096 09843

Great Glen:

• Quoich NH 10717 01186
• $Livishe NH 35327 15992
• Invergarry NH 31916 013025
• $Glenmoriston NH 36416 15601
• $Ceannacroc NH 22393 10846

Affric-Farrar-Beauly:

• $Mullardoch NH 22264 30950
• Fasnakyle NH 31866 29595
• Kilmorack NH 49424 44230
• Aigas NH 47417 43682
• Misgeach NH 18292 38090
• $Deanie NH 29199 38788
• $Culligran NH 37774 40490

Conon:

• Grudie Bridge NH 32000 62360
• Mossford NH 33024 63370
• Vaich NH 32050 72556
• Achanalt NH 30875 61973
• Orrin NH 43608 54572
• Tor Achilty NH 44643 54519
• Luichart NH 39420 57018

Shin:

• Lairg NC 57547 06995
• Shin NH 57334 97444
• Cassley NC 39628 23229
• Duchally NC 36781 20310

Breadalbane:

• Lednock NN 69800 30363
• $St. Fillans NN 69045 2460
• Finlarig NN 58588 34558
• Lochay NN 54558 34987
• Cashlie NN 50725 42137
• Stronuich NN 50749 41904
• Lubreoch NN 45325 41738
• Dalchonzie NN 74060 21975

Tummel-Garry:

• Cuaich NN 67404 876740
• Loch Ericht NN 55333 72775
• Rannoch NN 53000 58277
• Gaur NN 46400 56864
• Tummel Bridge NN 76360 59028
• Errochty NN 77270 59289
• Trinafour NN 72485 64768
• Clunie NN 91290 59760
• Pitlochry NN 93530 57720

(needs tidying and expanding, will add capacities later)

[edit] Wind Power

• Black Law, 42 Wind Turbines, 96.6MW
• Cruach Mhor, 29.75MW
• Beinn an Turic , 30.36MW
• Dun law, 17.16MW
• Hagshaw Hill, 26 Wind Turbines, 15.6MW
• Hare Hill, 20 Wind Turbines, 13.2MW

[edit] Wave Power

• Islay LIMPET, 0.5MW

[edit] Other

• Westfield [1], biomass-fired, 10MW
• Greengairs, landfill-gas fired, 2MW

[edit] See also

• List of power stations in England
• List of power stations in Wales
• List of power stations

[edit] References

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/14_06_06_powerstations.pdf