HM The Queen officially opens SSE's Glendoe hydro electric scheme
Her Majesty The Queen today officially opened SSE's £160 million hydro electric scheme at Glendoe
HM The Queen to officially open SSE's Glendoe hydro electric scheme
Her Majesty The Queen will officially open SSE's £160 million hydro electric scheme at Glendoe on Monday 29 June
Winning poem to celebrate opening of Glendoe
To celebrate the opening of Glendoe, SSE invited pupils from Kilchuimen and Foyers primary schools to take part in a poetry competition
Scheme Output – April 2009
The March 2009 output was 27GWh – 120% of plan for the month.
Breakthrough!
After 15 months of tunnelling through the heart of the mountain, the massive TBM arrived at its final destination ahead of schedule.
Cash for the community
Funding benefits the communities of Fort Augustus, Glenmoriston, Stratherrick and Foyers
Saintly Assistance
St Barbara: patron saint of construction workers and miners
Boring’s Not Dull
Transporting the giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) to the Great Glen
Prime Access
Prime Minister Tony Blair visits the Glendoe construction site
Hart Of The Matter
A visit by Adam Hart-Davis
Discover more about the project. Discover more
Glendoe celebrates St. Barbaras day. Read more
Working with RSPB to protect the birdlife. More details
Welcome to Glendoe Hydro Scheme's online home, where you can read, watch and hear all about Scotland's newest hydro electricity power station, run by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
SSE is a Scottish company which has its headquarters in Perth and is one of the largest energy companies in the UK. It is involved in the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity; energy trading; storage and supply of gas; electrical and utility contracting; and telecoms. However, its heart is in the Highlands, where it began life as the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board in 1943.
SSE is continuing to build on its hydro heritage by constructing the first large-scale conventional hydro electric station to be built in Scotland for almost 50 years, alongside Loch Ness, at Glendoe. The 100 megawatt scheme began generating electricity at full output (100MW) in December 2008, over two months ahead of schedule.
Glendoe contributed 76 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of output in its first months of operation.
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The key aim in the development of Glendoe Hydro Scheme is that it is sustainable: central to that is the long-term involvement of the community. We look forward to continuing to work with local people and organisations to ensure they share in the success story that will keep the Highlands of Scotland at the leading edge of renewable energy in the UK, and beyond.
To celebrate the opening of the Glendoe Hydro Electric scheme by HM The Queen in June 2009, SSE invited pupils from Kilchuimen and Foyers primary schools to take part in a poetry competition on the subject of Glendoe and green energy.
Over 40 entries were received and the winning poem was written by Daniel Sheridan, aged 11 (Kilchuimen) with the runners up Eirinn Hosie (Kilchuimen) and Michael Tait (Foyers), also both aged 11. Daniel's poem is below:
The beauty of the trees
The softness of the air
The fragrance of the grass
The summit of the mountain
The dam that holds the water
The water that shoots down the pipe
And creates electricity
Daniel Sheridan, age 11
Kilchuimen Primary School