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Birkhall Estate

Birkhall Estate is a 2 MW small hydro power station, in North Scotland, operated by Balmoral Estates/Cairneyhill.

Capacity
2 MW
nameplate
Fuel
Hydro
Small Hydro
Hydro rank
#96
of 188 by capacity
DNO region
North Scotland

Output

No live feed - Birkhall Estate is distribution-connected (embedded), so the grid operator has no real-time metering of it; this page shows capacity only, honestly. Live output exists only for the 113 transmission-metered plants. What is embedded generation?

Details

Operator
Balmoral Estates/Cairneyhill
Technology
Small Hydro
Country
Scotland
Coordinates
57.004, -3.081
Data source
DESNZ REPD

Fleet data as of 2026-08-15. See it in context on the station map.