List of power stations in Scotland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Power Stations in Scotland is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Scotland, sorted by type and rating. Scotland is a net exporter of electricity and has a generating capacity of over 10GW.
Note that the DBERR maintains a comprehensive list of UK power stations here:[1]
Contents |
[edit] Nuclear power stations
- Torness, Advanced gas-cooled reactor, 1364MW
- Hunterston B, Advanced gas-cooled reactor, 1288MW
- Hunterston A, Magnox, 360MW (closed 1990, decommissioning)
- Chapelcross, Magnox, 200MW (closed 2004, decommissioning)
- Dounreay DFR Fast breeder reactor, 14MW (closed 1977, decommissioning)
- Dounreay PFR Fast breeder reactor, 250MW (closed 1994, decommissioning)
[edit] Coal-fired
- Longannet, 2400MW
- Cockenzie, 1200MW (to close by end 2015)
- Kincardine, 760MW (closed, demolished 2001)
- Methil, 57MW (closed, awaiting demolition)
[edit] Oil- and gas-fired
[edit] Hydro-electric
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- Northern scheme, 22 stations, 441MW
- Ben Cruachan scheme, Pumped Storage, 440MW
- Tummel-Breadalbane scheme, 15 stations, 365MW
- Foyers scheme, Pumped-storage, 305MW
- Sloy-Awe scheme, 10 stations, 236MW
- Galloway scheme, 8 stations, 106.5MW
- Lanark scheme, 2 stations, 18MW
List of former North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board stations, grouped by schemes, complete with National Grid references. '$' denotes an underground station:
Sloy-Awe:
- $Clachan NR 19199 13314
- $Nant NN 01578 20824
- Inverawe NN 01697 32129
- Allt na Larige NN 23103 13650
- Sron Mor NN 16142 20051
- Sloy NN 32096 09843
Great Glen:
- Quoich NH 10717 01186
- $Livishe NH 35327 15992
- Invergarry NH 31916 013025
- $Glenmoriston NH 36416 15601
- $Ceannacroc NH 22393 10846
Affric-Farrar-Beauly:
- $Mullardoch NH 22264 30950
- Fasnakyle NH 31866 29595
- Kilmorack NH 49424 44230
- Aigas NH 47417 43682
- Misgeach NH 18292 38090
- $Deanie NH 29199 38788
- $Culligran NH 37774 40490
Conon:
- Grudie Bridge NH 32000 62360
- Mossford NH 33024 63370
- Vaich NH 32050 72556
- Achanalt NH 30875 61973
- Orrin NH 43608 54572
- Tor Achilty NH 44643 54519
- Luichart NH 39420 57018
Shin:
- Lairg NC 57547 06995
- Shin NH 57334 97444
- Cassley NC 39628 23229
- Duchally NC 36781 20310
Breadalbane:
- Lednock NN 69800 30363
- $St. Fillans NN 69045 2460
- Finlarig NN 58588 34558
- Lochay NN 54558 34987
- Cashlie NN 50725 42137
- Stronuich NN 50749 41904
- Lubreoch NN 45325 41738
- Dalchonzie NN 74060 21975
Tummel-Garry:
- Cuaich NN 67404 876740
- Loch Ericht NN 55333 72775
- Rannoch NN 53000 58277
- Gaur NN 46400 56864
- Tummel Bridge NN 76360 59028
- Errochty NN 77270 59289
- Trinafour NN 72485 64768
- Clunie NN 91290 59760
- Pitlochry NN 93530 57720
(needs tidying and expanding, will add capacities later)
[edit] Wind Power
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- Black Law, 42 Wind Turbines, 96.6MW
- Boyndie, 7 turbines 14MW
- Beinn an Tuirc, 30.36MW
- Cruach Mhor, 29.75MW
- Dun Law, 17.16MW
- Findhorn Ecovillage, 4 turbines 750kW
- Gigha, 3 turbines 675kW
- Hadyard Hill Wind Farm, 52 turbines, 120MW
- Hagshaw Hill, 46 Wind Turbines, 42MW
- Hare Hill, 20 Wind Turbines, 13.2MW
- Wether Hill wind farm, 14 turbines, 18MW
- Whitelee, 140 Wind Turbines, 322MW
- Scottish and Southern Energy plc, Drumderg Windfarm , Alyth. 16 Turbines ,32MW
[edit] Wave Power
- Islay LIMPET, 0.5MW
[edit] Other
- Steven's Croft Biomass power station
- Westfield [2], biomass-fired, 10MW
- Greengairs, landfill-gas fired, 2MW
- Braehour power station. An experiment in peat burning conducted by Scottish Hydro-electric between Scotscalder and Altnabreac, in Caithness, which ran from 1954-60.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/14_06_06_powerstations.pdf
- http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/source/electricity/page18527.html
- Peats for Power! Retrieved 24 July 2007. Braehour is possibly Scotland's only power station commemorated in poetry.
|
||||||||||||||
