• The Conon Hydro Scheme is a series of hydroelectric power stations located on the River Conon and tributaries in Scottish Highlands, between Inverness...
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    part of the third and final phase of the Conon Hydro Scheme between 1955 and 1959 by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Water from the River Orrin...
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    The reservoir was built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board as part of the Conon Hydro Scheme, and is dammed on its eastern end. The loch has...
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    The Glendoe Hydro Scheme for the generation of hydro-electric power is located in the Monadhliath Mountains near Fort Augustus, above Loch Ness in the...
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    in 1957 as part of the Conon Hydro Scheme, one of a series of post-war infrastructure projects led by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (NoSHEB)...
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    Conon, the loch is a manmade reservoir formed from the construction of the Torr Achilty hydroelectric dam in 1955, as part of the Conon Hydro Scheme....
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  • Thumbnail for Awe Hydro-Electric Scheme
    The Awe Hydro-Electric Scheme was the penultimate scheme developed by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. It centres around Loch Awe, in Argyll...
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    chaired the board from 1945 to 1959. In the 1930s several schemes were proposed to develop hydro-electric power in the north of Scotland. These met with...
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  • Thumbnail for Tummel hydro-electric power scheme
    The Tummel hydro-electric power scheme is an interconnected network of dams, power stations, aqueducts and electric power transmission in the Grampian...
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  • Thumbnail for Galloway hydro-electric power scheme
    The Galloway hydro-electric power scheme is a network of dams and hydro-electric power stations in Galloway, south west Scotland. It was built between...
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    Mucomir Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in 1962...
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    then sold the scheme to GFG Alliance in November 2016. The hydroelectric scheme and aluminium smelter are still in operation. The hydro scheme has a catchment...
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    Inver Hydro-Electric Scheme is a remote hydro-electric plant on the Scottish island of Jura, part of the Inner Hebrides. Construction began in 2011, and...
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    chief executive of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, was able to announce that the Storr Lochs scheme had just been approved by the Electricity...
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  • Thumbnail for Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme
    The Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme is a hydro-electric facility situated between Loch Sloy and Inveruglas on the west bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland...
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    The Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme consists of two hydroelectric plants in the Clydesdale area of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are run-of-the-river...
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    There are several hydro-electric schemes on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Most of them were installed during the early...
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    projects led by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (NoSHEB). The reservoir is part of the Conon Hydro Scheme. Loch Meig has large brown trout and...
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  • Thumbnail for Lussa Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Lussa Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in 1956...
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  • Thumbnail for Chliostair Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Chliostair Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small scheme promoted by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board on Harris, Outer Hebrides. It consists of a...
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  • Thumbnail for Loch Dubh Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Loch Dubh Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in...
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    past Conon Bridge and into the Cromarty Firth (and thence the Moray Firth and North Sea). The river is part of the Conon hydro-electric power scheme, with...
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  • Thumbnail for Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Scheme
    The Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Scheme is a hydroelectric scheme in the Breadalbane area of Perthshire, Scotland. It comprises seven power stations which...
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  • Thumbnail for Striven Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Striven Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in 1951...
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  • Thumbnail for Gisla Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Gisla Hydro-Electric Scheme was a small scheme promoted by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It...
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    Lester (1988). The hydro: a study of the development of the major hydro-electric schemes undertaken by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Aberdeen...
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  • Thumbnail for Kerry Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Kerry Falls Hydro-Electric Scheme, sometimes known as Gairloch is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric...
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  • Thumbnail for Kilmelfort Hydro-Electric Scheme
    Kilmelfort Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in...
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    The Shira Hydro-Electric Scheme is a project initiated by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to use the waters of the River Shira, the River Fyne...
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  • conventional 5 MW hydropower scheme taking water from the River Foyers, and a 300 MW pumped-storage hydro-electric scheme using Loch Ness as the lower...
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