Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glen Etive Estate Phase I (Allt na Chaorainn)
Glen Etive Estate Phase I (Allt na Chaorainn) is a power plant under construction in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.4 MW of capacity, operated by Dickins Hydro Resources.
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 | Dalness Estate, Glenetive, Ballachulish, Strathclyde, PH49 4JA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 31 Aug 2018 (permit 18/02742/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jun 2018 (ref. 18/02742/FUL, Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Aug 2018 (granted, ref. 18/02742/FUL, Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dickins Hydro Resources | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.4 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 | 56.6182, -4.9386 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Glen Etive Estate Phase I (Allt na Chaorainn) is the 839th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,955th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.4 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 839th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,955th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,177th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 substations and 41 grid connections (34 operating, 328 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Import/Export grid connection | Grid connection | 1.29 MW | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Import/Export grid connection | Grid connection | 1.29 MW | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Glenetive Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Abhainn Rath & Allt na Lairige Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Kinlochleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Kinlochleven Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.