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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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