Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom

Sloy Power Station grid connection

Sloy Power Station grid connection is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 160 MW of capacity, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	SLOY POWER STATION grid connection	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Scotland (connects at Sloy Power Station)	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	Sloy GSP (via a grid supply point)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	160 MW	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Hydro	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Scottish Hydro Electric	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Connection date	31 Mar 2002	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	11 kV	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	56.2469, -4.7131	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Sloy Power Station grid connection is the 53rd-largest of 1,192 grid connections in Scotland and the 341st-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 160 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	53rd of 1,192	88,894 MW	0.18%
United Kingdom	341st of 3,903	446,745 MW	<0.1%
All grid connections in our data	2,339th of 7,928	1,372,494 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this grid connection: 142 power plants (42 operating, 1,339 MW) and 52 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
Sloy GSP	Substation	—	—	1.1 km
Ben Glas	Power plant	1.3 MW	Operating	9.4 km
Allt Fionn - resubmission	Power plant	2.1 MW	Operating	12 km
Butterbridge Primary	Substation	—	—	13 km
Donich Water Hydro	Power plant	1.4 MW	Operating	13 km
Clachan GSP	Substation	—	—	13 km

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