Striven Power Station - A
Striven Power Station - A is a 8 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
- 8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Hydro Β· Large Hydro
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 56.0093, -5.1199
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 Striven Power Station - A compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 35% of the maximum possible output), a 8 MW station would generate roughly 25 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 9,080 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
- Cruach Mhor Β· 29.8 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Loch Gair Power Station - A,C Β· 6 MW hydroelectric station14.6 km
- A'Chruach Β· 42.6 MW onshore wind farm14.8 km
- Douglas Water Β· 2.97 MW small hydro scheme23.0 km
- An Suidhe Β· 19.3 MW onshore wind farm24.1 km
- Braevallich Β· 2.27 MW small hydro scheme24.6 km
- Deanie Β· 38 MW hydroelectric station29.4 km
- Clachan Flats Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm32.9 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
- Striven
- Developer / operator
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
- Planning authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Began operating
- 1 January 1951
- Capacity in planning record
- 8 MW
- Address
- Loch Striven, Strathclyde
- REPD reference
- 397
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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