Great Glen hydro scheme

The Great Glen 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.

View of Loch Monar dam Great Glen map

Power stations

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 dams

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