Galloway hydro-electric power scheme

Power station at Tongland
Clatteringshaws Dam, looking towards Cairnsmore of Fleet
Galloway
Hydro-Electric Scheme
River Doon
Loch Doon Dam
Drumjohn power station
Water of Deugh
Kendoon Loch
Kendoon North Dam
Water of Ken
Kendoon South Dam
Dam and pipeline
Kendoon power station
Water of Deugh/Water of Ken
Carsfad Loch
Carsfad Dam
Carsfad power station
Polharrow Burn
Earlstoun Loch
Earlstoun Dam
Earlstoun power station
Clatteringshaws Loch
Glenlee power station
Clatteringshaws Dam
River Ken
Loch Ken
Black Water of Dee
Glenlochar Barrage
River Dee
Tongland Loch
Tongland Dam
Tongland power station
River Dee
To Solway Firth

The Galloway hydro-electric power scheme is a network of dams and hydro-electric power stations in Galloway, south west Scotland. It was built between 1930 and 1936.

The generating stations draw water from the River Ken, River Dee and River Doon through reservoirs at Loch Doon, Kendoon, Carsfad, Clatteringshaws, and Tongland. The unusual modernist stations were designed by Scottish civil engineer, Sir Alexander Gibb.

The scheme, which is today operated by Drax, can produce a total peak power of around 110 megawatts, with an overall load factor of around 0.25.[1]

  1. ^ "Galloway Hydro Technical Factsheet" (PDF). SP Energy. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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