Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Lochaber Smelter grid connection

Lochaber Smelter grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.71 MW of capacity, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	LOCHABER SMELTER 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
Attached to	Fort William GSP (via a primary substation)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	2.71 MW	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	56.8291, -5.0726	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Lochaber Smelter grid connection is the 956th-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 3,140th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.71 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	956th of 1,192	88,894 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	3,140th of 3,903	446,745 MW	<0.1%
All grid connections in our data	7,142nd of 7,928	1,372,494 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 82 power plants (36 operating, 1,208 MW) and 39 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
Lochaber	Power plant	65 MW	Operating	0.2 km
Derrydarroch	Power plant	1.9 MW	Operating	0.6 km
Fort William Tail Race	Power plant	1 MW	Cancelled	0.8 km
Inverlochy Primary	Substation	—	—	1.0 km
Fort William GSP	Substation	—	—	1.0 km
Pinegrove Primary	Substation	—	—	2.6 km

Grid operator and place

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