Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 3
Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 3 is a 20.5 MW hydroelectric station in Wales, operated by Statkraft. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Large Hydro
- Wales
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 20.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Hydro Β· Large Hydro
- Operator
- Statkraft
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 52.4348, -3.8447
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 Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 3 compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 35% of the maximum possible output), a 20.5 MW station would generate roughly 63 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 23,280 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 Wales All run by StatkraftNearby generating sites
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 2 Β· 20.5 MW hydroelectric station0.0 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 6 Β· 0.05 MW small hydro scheme0.0 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 5 Β· 0.08 MW small hydro scheme0.7 km
- Rheidol Β· 2.4 MW onshore wind farm3.7 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 4 Β· 1.25 MW small hydro scheme5.8 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 7 Β· 0.1 MW small hydro scheme5.8 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 1 Β· 13.5 MW hydroelectric station6.0 km
- Cambrian Β· 58.5 MW onshore wind farm7.2 km
Also operated by Statkraft
Statkraft operates 11 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Berry Burn Β· onshore wind farm67 MW
- Baillie Β· onshore wind farm53 MW
- Andershaw Β· onshore wind farm36 MW
- Alltwalis Β· onshore wind farm23 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 2 Β· hydroelectric station20.5 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 1 Β· hydroelectric station13.5 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 4 Β· small hydro scheme1.25 MW
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 7 Β· small hydro scheme0.1 MW
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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