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Region · north-scotland

North Scotland electricity

North Scotland is one of Great Britain's 14 distribution (DNO) licence areas. It hosts 426 operational stations totalling 9.9 GW - offshore wind sits outside every DNO area, so it is deliberately not counted here.

Stations
426
Capacity
9.9 GW
Fuel types
7

Right now (modelled): - · - renewable · regional intensity is a model, not a meter reading - see all regions on the map

Fleet by fuel

Biomass
17 · 74 MW
Gas
1 · 1.2 GW
Hydro
154 · 1.4 GW
Other
15 · 152 MW
Solar
20 · 60 MW
Storage
21 · 1.8 GW
Wind
198 · 5.3 GW

Largest stations in the region

#StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorCountry
11,180Fossil FuelSSE GroupScotland
2443WindSSE GroupScotland
3440Pumped Storage HydroelectricityDrax (formerly Scottish Power)Scotland
4440Pumped HydroPart of Drax GroupScotland
5
FoyersLive
300Pumped Storage HydroelectricitySSE RenewablesScotland
6300Pumped HydroSSE GroupScotland
7227.7WindSSE GroupScotland
8188.6WindSSE GroupScotland
9177WindEDF EnergyScotland
10152.5HydroSSE GroupScotland