Power plant · Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bruach Caorainn Hydro Scheme
Bruach Caorainn Hydro Scheme is a hydroelectric power plant in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.1 MW of capacity, operated by Broadland Renewable Construction.
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 | Stirling (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bruach Caorainn, Aberfoyle, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, Stirling, FK8 3SX | 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 | 2017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 May 2015 (permit 2014/0294/DET, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Nov 2014 (reference 2014/0294/DET, planning authority Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 May 2015 (granted, reference 2014/0294/DET, planning authority Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Broadland Renewable Construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.1 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 | 56.1759, -4.5448 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Stirling, reference 2014/0294/DET)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stirling, reference 2014/0294/DET)
How it compares
Bruach Caorainn Hydro Scheme is the 1,289th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 5,570th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.1 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 | 1,289th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,570th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 15,418th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 44 substations, 41 grid connections (26 operating, 324 MW) and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Menteith grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 8.0 km |
| Aberfoyle Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Sloy Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 160 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Sloy GSP | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
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