Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Inver Hydro Generating Station grid connection

Inver Hydro Generating Station grid connection is a planned grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.1 MW of capacity, held by Inver Hydro Limited.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceINVER HYDRO GENERATING STATION grid connectionSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationScotland (connects at Lochgilphead)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPlanned (accepted to connect)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
HolderInver Hydro LimitedSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Attached toLochgilphead Primary (via a primary substation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity2.1 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolarSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorScottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Queue date13 Jun 2024SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date30 Sept 2025 (target energisation)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kVSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.8084, -5.9828SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Inver Hydro Generating Station grid connection is the 1,027th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,316th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.1 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Scotland1,027th of 1,19288,894 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom3,316th of 3,903446,745 MW<0.1%
All grid connections in our data7,322nd of 7,9281,372,494 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Entered the connection queue
  2. Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 56 power plants (14 operating, 229 MW) and 22 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Cnocbreac Inver Estate - Solar GenerationPower plant2.1 MWUnder construction5.6 km
Sound of IslayPower plant10 MWPermitted7.4 km
Inver HydroPower plant2 MWOperating9.5 km
Port Askaig PrimarySubstation——9.5 km
Bowmore PrimarySubstation——19 km
Tarbert, Jura PrimarySubstation——20 km

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