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Power stations in Scotland

14 power stations with a combined 5,038 MW of installed capacity, from the UK government's register of power stations (DESNZ, DUKES table 5.11) and Octary's own records. Open any station for its capacity, operator, location map, nearby stations and source.

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StationTypeCapacityStageRegionOperator
Longannet Power Station Coal-fired power station 2,400 MW Closed Scotland Scottish Power
Torness Nuclear power station 1,200 MW Operating Scotland EDF Energy
Peterhead Gas-fired power station 1,180 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Lerwick Oil-fired power station 67 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Markinch Biomass power station 61 MW Operating Scotland RWE Npower
Steven's Croft Biomass power station 46 MW Operating Scotland E.ON
Stornoway Oil-fired power station 23 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Kirkwall Oil-fired power station 16 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
EPR Scotland Ltd Biomass power station 12.5 MW Operating Scotland EPR
Loch Carnan Oil-fired power station 11 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Arnish Oil-fired power station 10 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Bowmore Oil-fired power station 6 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Barra Oil-fired power station 2.5 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
Tiree Oil-fired power station 2.5 MW Operating Scotland SSE Group
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Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table 5.11, plus Octary's records of legacy and decommissioned sites. Capacities are installed capacity, not live output. For hand-written histories and engineering diagrams of the UK's major stations, see the power stations atlas.