Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Loch Ness & Loch Kemp - Pumped Hydro Scheme
Loch Ness & Loch Kemp - Pumped Hydro Scheme is a planned power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 600 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
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 | Whitebridge, Inverness, IV2 6AL | 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 | 20 Nov 2023 (reference ECU00003398, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 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 | 57.2145, -4.5348 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Loch Ness & Loch Kemp - Pumped Hydro Scheme is the 29th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 90th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 600 MW is 0.2% 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 | 29th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.6% |
| United Kingdom | 90th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.2% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 192nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 45 substations and 36 grid connections (25 operating, 322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrogie Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Wester Drummond Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Corriegarth Hydro GEN aux grid connection | Grid connection | 3.23 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Ardochy Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Foyers Falls Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Foyers Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
Operator and place
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- Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road - Battery Storage680 MW · under construction
- Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden - Battery Storage Facility500 MW · permitted
- East Claydon Battery Energy Storage500 MW · permitted
- Sundon, Chalton - Battery Energy Storage System500 MW · permitted
- East Chickerell Court Farm - Battery Energy Storage System400 MW · permitted
- Dollymans Storage100 MW
- Melksham Substation East Storage50 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
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.