Kilmorack Power Station -A,E
Kilmorack Power Station -A,E is a 20 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
- 20 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Hydro Β· Large Hydro
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 57.4632, -4.5121
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 Kilmorack Power Station -A,E compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 35% of the maximum possible output), a 20 MW station would generate roughly 61 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 22,710 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
- Aigas Power Station - A,E Β· 20 MW hydroelectric station2.1 km
- Orrin Power Station- A Β· 18 MW hydroelectric station7.9 km
- Fairburn Windfarm Β· 40 MW onshore wind farm10.5 km
- Torr Achilty Power Station - A,E Β· 15 MW hydroelectric station11.4 km
- Orrin Dam - A Β· 0.26 MW small hydro scheme12.5 km
- Meig Dam Β· 0.08 MW small hydro scheme16.9 km
- Culligran Power Station Unit 2 - A Β· 17.1 MW hydroelectric station18.0 km
- Culligran Comp Set - A,C,E Β· 2 MW small hydro scheme18.0 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
- Kilmorack
- Developer / operator
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Began operating
- 1 January 1962
- Capacity in planning record
- 20 MW
- Address
- Kilmorack, Highland
- REPD reference
- 399
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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