Great Glen hydro scheme
The Great Glen Hydro Scheme is located to the west of Loch Lochy and Loch Ness.
The Great Glen itself runs for more than 100 kilometres from Inverness in the northeast, to Fort William in the southwest, following a geological fault line that divides north and south Scotland.
Number of power stations
Total combined generation capacity
MW
Power stations | Capacity (MW) | Gross head (metres) | Average annual output (million units) | Year completed |
Ceannacroc | 20 | 90 | 87 | 1956 |
Livishie | 15 | 259 | 29 | 1962 |
Glenmoriston | 37 | 93 | 15.3 | 1953 |
Quoich | 18 | 101 | 87 | 1955 |
Invergarry | 20 | 53 | 78 | 1956 |
Mucomir | 1.7 | 7 | 6.6 | 1962 |
Major dam | Type | Length | Height | Completed |
Cluanie | Mass gravity | 674 | 40 | 1956 |
Loyne | Mass gravity | 549 | 22 | 1956 |
Dundreggan | Mass gravity | 140 | 18 | 1957 |
Quoich | Rock fill with articulated concrete face | 320 | 38 | 1956 |
Invergarry | Mass gravity | 47 | 17 | 1956 |