Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Garvan Hydro grid connection

Garvan Hydro grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2 MW of capacity, held by Broadland Renewable Energy Ltd.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	GARVAN HYDRO grid connection	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Scotland (connects at Fort William Grid)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (connected)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Holder	Broadland Renewable Energy Ltd	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached to	Fort William GSP (via a primary substation)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	2 MW	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Solar	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	33 kV	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	56.8457, -5.2862	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Garvan Hydro grid connection is the 1,052nd-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,406th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Scotland	1,052nd of 1,192	88,894 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	3,406th of 3,903	446,745 MW	<0.1%
All grid connections in our data	7,414th of 7,928	1,372,494 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 69 power plants (27 operating, 817 MW) and 36 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Lower Suileag hydro	Power plant	1 MW	Cancelled	6.2 km
Druim Fada	Power plant	10 MW	Cancelled	8.6 km
Annat Primary	Substation	—	—	8.8 km
Corpach Biomass Energy Plant	Power plant	20 MW	Cancelled	10 km
Pinegrove Primary	Substation	—	—	11 km
Inverlochy Primary	Substation	—	—	12 km

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Data on this page

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