Garry hydro scheme

Garry hydro scheme is a 40 MW group of hydro stations in Glen Garry in the Highlands, operated or mostly owned by SSE. Is it running right now? Its live output from Elexon, the GB electricity market's data service, and every half hour of the last week.

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About Garry hydro scheme

Garry hydro scheme is a group of hydro stations in Glen Garry in the Highlands. Its two stations, Quoich and Invergarry, were commissioned in 1955 and 1956. Its stations are traded as one unit, so their output shows here as one.

Its 40 MW of registered generating capacity is spread across one balancing mechanism unit. Every half hour each unit tells the grid how much it will generate (its physical notification): that is the live figure above, and GridMonkey has recorded it every half hour since it was added to the list in October 2026, for the chart.

Hydro stations run on rivers and reservoirs, most of them in the Scottish Highlands. How much they generate depends on the rain and on when the grid needs them.

Garry hydro scheme
Where Garry hydro scheme is. From its grid reference in DUKES 5.11. Map outline: Natural Earth.
TypeHydro
Registered capacity40 MW
Stations commissioned1955–1956 (DUKES 5.11)
Its stationsQuoich and Invergarry
AreaHighland
LocationIn Glen Garry in the Highlands
57.072° N, 4.774° W
Owner or operatorSSE
Elexon lead partySSE Generation Ltd
BM unit M_CAS-GAR01 40 MW
Size13th largest of the 15 hydro power stations on GridMonkey's list

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Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026 (licence). Station names, areas and owners or operators come from GridMonkey's own table, matched to the units in Elexon's register; a station's output here is its physical notification, not metered generation. Stations, years commissioned and location: Power stations in the United Kingdom (DUKES 5.11) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, May 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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