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About Lochaber
Lochaber is a hydro power station at Fort William in the Highlands.
Its 80 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 records it every half hour 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.
| Type | Hydro |
|---|---|
| Registered capacity | 80 MW |
| Area | Highland |
| Location | At Fort William in the Highlands 56.829° N, 5.073° W |
| Operator in REPD | GFG Alliance (REPD) |
| Elexon lead party | Marble Power Limited |
| BM unit | 2__PMARB001 80 MW |
| Size | 5th largest of the 15 hydro power stations on GridMonkey's list |
Other hydro power stations
- Sloy 153 MW, Argyll and Bute
- Glendoe 100 MW, Highland
- Conon hydro scheme 95 MW, Highland
- Beauly hydro scheme 94 MW, Highland
- Clunie hydro scheme 76 MW, Perth and Kinross
- Errochty 76 MW, Perth and Kinross
- Moriston hydro scheme 74 MW, Highland
- Fasnakyle 69 MW, Highland
- Killin hydro scheme 63 MW, Stirling and Perth and Kinross
- Rheidol hydro scheme 50 MW, Ceredigion
- Clachan 43 MW, Argyll and Bute
- Garry hydro scheme 40 MW, Highland
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Contains BMRS data © Elexon Limited copyright and database right 2026 (licence). Station names and areas 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. Operator and location: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, July 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.