Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro
Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro is a planned power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2,000 MW of capacity, operated by Glen Earrach Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Balmacaan Estate Loch Ness, IV63 6TX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Mar 2025 (reference ECU00005121, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Glen Earrach Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2,000 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.3376, -4.4769 | 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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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005121)
How it compares
Glen Earrach Pumped Storage Hydro is the 5th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 11th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2,000 MW is 0.67% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 11th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.67% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 20th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.3% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 56 substations and 52 grid connections (29 operating, 449 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumnadrochit Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Foyers Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Errogie Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Foyers Falls Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 9.4 km |
| Corrimony Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Corriegarth Hydro GEN aux grid connection | Grid connection | 3.23 MW | Operating | 13 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.