Glendoe Hydro Power Station
Glendoe Hydro Power Station is a 100 MW hydroelectric station in Scotland, operated by SSE Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Large Hydro
- Scotland
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 100 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Hydro Β· Large Hydro
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 57.1415, -4.6670
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 Glendoe Hydro Power Station compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 35% of the maximum possible output), a 100 MW station would generate roughly 307 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 113,560 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 SSE GroupNearby generating sites
- Invergarry Dam - A, E Β· 0.24 MW small hydro scheme0.6 km
- Bhlaraidh Wind Farm Β· 110 MW onshore wind farm7.7 km
- Stronelairg Wind Farm Β· 228 MW onshore wind farm8.6 km
- Dundreggan Dam A Β· 0.16 MW small hydro scheme8.8 km
- Livishie Power Station - A Β· 15 MW hydroelectric station8.8 km
- Glenmoriston Β· 37 MW hydroelectric station8.9 km
- Invergarry Power Station - A,E Β· 20 MW hydroelectric station10.1 km
- Loyne Power Station - A,C Β· 0.55 MW small hydro scheme11.1 km
Also operated by SSE Group
SSE Group operates 127 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Peterhead Β· gas-fired power station1,180 MW
- Seagreen Β· offshore wind farm1,075 MW
- Keadby 2 Β· gas-fired power station840 MW
- Medway Β· gas-fired power station755 MW
- Keadby Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- Beatrice Offshore windfarm Β· offshore wind farm588 MW
- Greater Gabbard Β· offshore wind farm504 MW
- Viking Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm443 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Glendoe Hydro Scheme
- Developer / operator
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning reference
- IN2003459
- Application submitted
- 1 May 2003
- Permission granted
- 28 July 2005
- Construction started
- 1 May 2006
- Began operating
- 1 December 2008
- Capacity in planning record
- 100 MW
- Address
- Western Monadhliath Mountains, East of Fort Augustus,, Highland
- REPD reference
- 388
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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