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Cruachan hydroelectric plant
157th-largest power plant in United Kingdom of 305 · top 32% worldwide (#9,528 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Drax
- Owner
- Drax
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 440 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 1965
Comparable power plants · United Kingdom · 305 ranked
- #1Hornsea wind farm5.6 GW · wind
- #155Cottam Development Centre power station445 MW · gas
- #156Viking wind farm443 MW · wind
- #157Cruachan hydroelectric plant440 MW · hydro
- #158Lynemouth power station420 MW · biomass
- #159Great Yarmouth power station420 MW · gas
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Cruachan hydroelectric plant0 m · Grid Storage · 440 MW
- Balliemeanoch hydroelectric plant4.8 km · Power Plant · 1.5 GW · hydro
- Balliemeanoch hydroelectric plant4.8 km · Grid Storage · 1.5 GW
- Loch Awe - Eredine wind farm24 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · wind
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)