Overview

The construction of Glendoe Hydro Scheme, near Loch Ness, is the biggest civil engineering project currently underway in Scotland. Like most projects of this nature and scale, which are few and far between, it is utilising an experienced international team, with expertise from four continents involved (you can find out more about our project partners by accessing the links on the right).

Glendoe’s prime purpose will be the generation of electricity, with its turbine able to produce up to 100MW of energy, enough to power every home in a city the size of Glasgow. It will have the highest head – the drop from the reservoir to the turbine – of any hydro station in the UK, allowing it to generate more energy from every cubic metre of water than any other facility in the country. Furthermore, it will be the UK’s most efficient hydro electric scheme, using water as its fuel to avoid the production of carbon dioxide, a gas associated with global warming.

Reservoir Plateau Access Roads	Aerial View of Tailrace Platform Area

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