Derrydarroch
Derrydarroch is a 2 MW small hydro scheme in Scotland, operated by Temporis Capital. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Small Hydro
- Scotland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Hydro Β· Small Hydro
- Operator
- Temporis Capital
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- G83 7DX
- Coordinates
- 56.8322, -5.0801
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Derrydarroch compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 35% of the maximum possible output), a 2 MW station would generate roughly 6.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,270 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Hydroelectric stations generate electricity from water flowing downhill through turbines, either from a reservoir behind a dam or from a river (run-of-river). Most UK hydro capacity is in Scotland and Wales.
All UK hydro schemes and pumped-storage stations Hydro schemes and pumped-storage stations in Scotland All run by Temporis CapitalNearby generating sites
- Mucomir Power Station Β· 1.9 MW small hydro scheme10.5 km
- Cia Aig Β· 3 MW small hydro scheme14.2 km
- Garry Gualach Β· 0.78 MW small hydro scheme24.7 km
- Quoich Power Station - A, E, G Β· 18.1 MW hydroelectric station25.8 km
- Quoich Dam - A Β· 0.32 MW small hydro scheme25.8 km
- Glen Tarbert Β· 0.85 MW small hydro scheme29.5 km
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· 109 MW onshore wind farm30.1 km
- Invergarry Power Station - A,E Β· 20 MW hydroelectric station32.5 km
Also operated by Temporis Capital
Temporis Capital operates 20 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Darroch Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Application submitted
- 21 July 2009
- Permission granted
- 24 April 2010
- Construction started
- 11 February 2015
- Began operating
- 15 December 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.9 MW
- Address
- Glen Falloch Estate near Crianlarich, Stirlingshire, Highland
- REPD reference
- 474
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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