Hydroelectric Power Plants in United Kingdom

142 plants · 7,059 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Dinorwig	1,800	1974
2	Dinorwig Power Station	1,728	1984
3	Cruachan	440	1965
4	Ffestiniog Power Station	360	1963
5	Ffestiniog	360	1963
6	Foyers Power Station	300	1969
7	Foyers	300	1970
8	Sloy Power Station	152.5	1945
9	Sloy Power Station	152.5	1945
10	Glendoe	100	2009
11	Glendoe Hydro Scheme	100	2006
12	Clunie	61.2	2000
13	Rheidol	55.975	2000
14	Lochay	46	—
15	Rannoch	45	—
16	Lochay Power Station	45	1958
17	Rannoch Power Station	44.1	1950
18	Rheidol Power Station	41	1962
19	Clachan	40	—
20	Deanie	38	—
21	Glenmoriston	37	—
22	Great Glen Scheme	36	—
23	Maentwrog	35.3	1965
24	Tummel Bridge Power Station	34	—
25	Tummel	34	—
26	Tongland	33	2000
27	Dolgarrog	32	2000
28	Inverawe	25	—
29	Kendoon	24	2000
30	Glenlee	24	1994
31	Kinlochleven Hydro-electric Scheme	24	—
32	Kilmorack	20	—
33	Kilmorack Power Station	20	—
34	Aigas	20	—
35	Ceannacroc	20	—
36	Invergarry	20	—
37	Kinlochleven Hydro Power Station	19.5	1956
38	Grudie Bridge Power Station	18.7	—
39	Shin	18.6	—
40	Shin Power Station	18.6	1958
41	Quoich Power Station	18.5	—
42	Orrin	18	—
43	Culligran	17	—
44	Livishie	17	—
45	Finlarig	16.5	—
46	Torr Achilty	15	—
47	Pitlochry	15	—
48	Nant	15	—
49	Earlstoun	14	—
50	Carsfad	12	—
51	Cashlie	11	2010
52	Cassley	10	—
53	Striven	8	2015
54	Gaur	7.9	—
55	Fasnakyle Compensation Set	7.5	2017
56	Stonebyres	6	—
57	Loch Gair	6	—
58	Foyers Falls	5	2018
59	Llyn Celyn	4.5	2015
60	Llyn Brianne Dam	4.4	1976
61	Lairg	4	—
62	Sron Mor	4	—
63	Dalchonzie	4	—
64	Maldie	4	—
65	Inverfarigaig	4	—
66	Lubreoch	4	—
67	Dalchonzie Power Station	4	1958
68	Kingairloch	3.5	—
69	Black Rock	3.5	—
70	Cuileig Hydro Scheme	3.3	2011
71	Douglas Water	3	2000
72	Lednock	3	2010
73	Cia Aig	3	2005
74	River E	3	—
75	Achanalt	3	—
76	Elan Valley Hydro Scheme	2.9	—
77	Cuaich	2.5	—
78	Inverlael	2.5	—
79	Garrogie	2.4	—
80	Mullardoch Tunnel	2.4	2012
81	Storr Lochs	2.4	2010
82	Storr Lochs Power Station	2.4	—
83	Lussa	2.4	—
84	Loch Ericht	2.2	—
85	Braevallich	2.2	—
86	Culligran Compensation Set	2.1	—
87	Allt Fionn - resubmission	2.1	—
88	Kilmelfort	2.08	—
89	Abhainn Gleann Nam Fiadh	2	—
90	Ardtalnaig Hydro Scheme (resubmission)	2	—
91	Loch Eilde Mor Hydro (Kinlochleven extension)	2	—
92	Uisge Dubh Hydro	2	—
93	Garbhaig Hydro Scheme	2	—
94	Keltneyburn Hydro	2	—
95	Ghuilbinn Hydro Scheme	2	—
96	River Pattack (resubmission)	2	—
97	Chonais Hydro	2	—
98	Grudie	2	—
99	Inver Hydro	2	—
100	Garrogie Hydro Scheme	2	—

Frequently Asked Questions: Hydroelectric Power in United Kingdom

How many Hydroelectric power plants are in United Kingdom?

United Kingdom has 142 Hydroelectric power plants; the 100 largest alone total 7,059 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in United Kingdom?

Dinorwig is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in United Kingdom, with an installed capacity of 1,800 MW, commissioned in 1974.

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