Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Moy Lodge, Tulloch - Earba Pumped Storage Hydro
Moy Lodge, Tulloch - Earba Pumped Storage Hydro is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1,800 MW of capacity, operated by Gilkes 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 | 4200M SE/O Moy Lodge, Tulloch, Roy Bridge, Inverness, PH31 4AR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 Mar 2025 (permit ECU00005062, Electricity Act 1989 section 36, issued by Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Mar 2024 (reference ECU00005062, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Mar 2025 (granted, reference ECU00005062, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gilkes Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,800 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 | 56.8901, -4.6808 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005062)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00005062)
How it compares
Moy Lodge, Tulloch - Earba Pumped Storage Hydro is the 8th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 15th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,800 MW is 0.6% 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 | 8th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 1.8% |
| United Kingdom | 15th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.6% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 25th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | 0.27% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 42 grid connections (36 operating, 327 MW) and 34 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrour Station grid connection | Grid connection | 5.23 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Muccomer Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 1.71 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Ardverikie Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 5.94 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Bunarkaig Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Invergarry Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Glen Laogh Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 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.