Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Achanalt Power Station
Achanalt Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by SSE plc.
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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Highland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1956 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SSE plc (Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Small Hydro | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.6127, -4.9135 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Commissioned
How it compares
Achanalt is the 1,004th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 4,350th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,004th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,350th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 13,271st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 57 grid connections (36 operating, 423 MW) and 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achanalt Battery Energy Storage System grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Achanalt Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2.95 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Grudie Bridge Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Grudie Bridge GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Loch Glascarnoch Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Comrie Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
Operator and place
More from SSE plc
- Dogger Bank A & B (was Creyke Beck A & B)2,400 MW · under construction
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
- Dogger Bank C (was Teesside A)1,200 MW · under construction
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Seagreen Phase 1A540 MW · permitted
- Clyde Wind Farm350 MW
- North Nesting Wind, Shetland250 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.