Grid Storage

Ffestiniog hydroelectric plant

United Kingdom

10th-largest grid storage in United Kingdom of 12 · top 73% worldwide (#695 of 965)

Operator
ENGIE
Owner
ENGIE SA
Status
operating
Capacity
384 MW
Technology
pumped storage
Commissioned
1963
Also listed as
A power plant — this site generates as well as stores

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation
Trawsfynydd Substation
Its voltage
400 kV
Distance
6.1 km
Strongest line nearby
400 kV
Substations in range
7

Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.

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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)