Power plant · Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sloy Hydroelectric Power Station - Pumped Hydro Conversion
Sloy Hydroelectric Power Station - Pumped Hydro Conversion is a planned power plant in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Scottish & Southern Energy Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Argyll and Bute (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lochview House, Shore Road, Garelochhead, Helensburgh, G84 0AS | 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 | 21 Jan 2025 (reference ECU00006088, planning authority Scottish Government (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scottish & Southern Energy Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 56.0822, -4.8314 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Scottish Government (S36), reference ECU00006088)
How it compares
Sloy Hydroelectric Power Station - Pumped Hydro Conversion is the 146th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 MW is <0.1% 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 | 146th of 872 | 99,272 MW | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 substations, 37 grid connections (24 operating, 307 MW) and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Pier Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Lochgoilhead Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Donich Hydro Scheme grid connection | Grid connection | 1.28 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| 45MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Creag DHUBH Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 38.3 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 43 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.