Station · storage
Cruachan
Cruachan is a 440 MW pumped storage hydroelectricity site, in North Scotland, operated by Drax (formerly Scottish Power).
- Capacity
- 440 MW
- nameplate
- Fuel
- Storage
- Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity
- Storage rank
- #3
- of 158 by capacity
- DNO region
- North Scotland
Live output
- Notified level (PN)
- -
- The station's own plan for what it will generate, updated near-real-time.
- Last metered (B1610)
- -
- The most recent settled meter reading; settlement lags roughly a week.
The two figures answer different questions - the plan can diverge widely from what the meters later record. What is a PN?
Settled output
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Details
- Operator
- Drax (formerly Scottish Power)
- Technology
- Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity
- Country
- Scotland
- Coordinates
- 56.411, -5.113
- Data source
- DESNZ REPD
See it in context on the station map.