Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinlochleven Hydro Power Station
Kinlochleven Hydro Power Station is a power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.5 MW of capacity, operated by Hydro Plan.
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 | Kinlochleven | 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 | 1909 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hydro Plan (Hydro Plan (on behalf of Alcan)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Large Hydro | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.7162, -4.9610 | 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
Kinlochleven Hydro Power Station is the 463rd-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 1,180th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 19.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 463rd of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,180th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,120th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 substations and 41 grid connections (34 operating, 234 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinlochleven Smelter grid connection | Grid connection | 19 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Abhainn Rath & Allt na Lairige Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Kinlochleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Kinlochleven Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Hydro 2 MW grid connection at Kinlochleven | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Glencoe Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- 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.
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