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Hydro power plants in the United Kingdom

117 hydro power plants in United Kingdom, totalling 4,150 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#	Plant	Region	MW
1	Dinorwig	Wales	1,728
2	Cruachan	Scotland	440
3	Ffestiniog	Wales	384
4	Foyers	Scotland	300
5	Sloy	Scotland	153
6	Glendoe	Scotland	100
7	Clunie	Scotland	61
8	Rheidol	Wales	56
9	Lochay	England	46
10	Rannoch	Scotland	44
11	Clachan	Scotland	40
12	Tummel	Scotland	40
13	Deanie	Scotland	38
14	Glenmoriston	Scotland	37
15	Great Glen Scheme	Scotland	37
16	Tongland	Scotland	33
17	Dolgarrog	Wales	32
18	Maentwrog	Wales	30
19	Inverawe	Scotland	25
20	Glenlee	Scotland	24
21	Kendoon	Scotland	24
22	Aigas	Scotland	20
23	Ceannacroc	Scotland	20
24	Invergarry	Scotland	20
25	Kilmorack	Scotland	20
26	Kinlochleven Hydro Power Station	Scotland	20
27	Shin	Scotland	19
28	Orrin	Scotland	18
29	Culligran	Scotland	17
30	Livishie	Scotland	17
31	Finlarig	Scotland	16
32	Nant	Scotland	15
33	Pitlochry	Scotland	15
34	Torr Achilty	Scotland	15
35	Earlstoun	Scotland	14
36	Carsfad	Scotland	12
37	Cashlie	Scotland	11
38	Cassley	Scotland	10
39	Striven	Scotland	8
40	Fasnakyle Compensation Set	Scotland	8
41	Gaur	Scotland	8
42	Loch Gair	Scotland	6
43	Stonebyres	Scotland	6
44	Foyers Falls	Scotland	5
45	Llyn Celyn	Wales	4
46	Llyn Brianne Dam	Wales	4
47	Dalchonzie	Scotland	4
48	Inverfarigaig	Scotland	4
49	Lairg	Scotland	4
50	Lubreoch	Scotland	4
51	Maldie	Scotland	4
52	Sron Mor	Scotland	4
53	Black Rock	Scotland	4
54	Kingairloch	Scotland	4
55	Cuileig Hydro Scheme	Scotland	3
56	Achanalt	Scotland	3
57	Cia Aig	Scotland	3
58	Douglas Water	Scotland	3
59	Lednock	Scotland	3
60	River E	Scotland	3
61	Elan Valley Hydro Scheme	Wales	3
62	Cuaich	Scotland	2
63	Inverlael	Scotland	2
64	Garrogie	Scotland	2
65	Lussa	Scotland	2
66	Mullardoch Tunnel	Scotland	2
67	Storr Lochs	Scotland	2
68	Braevallich	Scotland	2
69	Loch Ericht	Scotland	2
70	Allt Fionn - resubmission	Scotland	2
71	Culligran Compensation Set	Scotland	2
72	Kilmelfort	Scotland	2
73	Abhainn Gleann Nam Fiadh	Scotland	2
74	Ardtalnaig Hydro Scheme (resubmission)	Scotland	2
75	Birkhall Estate	Scotland	2
76	Chaorach Hydro	Scotland	2
77	Chonais Hydro	Scotland	2
78	Drumjohn	Scotland	2
79	Garbhaig Hydro Scheme	Scotland	2
80	Ghuilbinn Hydro Scheme	Scotland	2
81	Grudie	Scotland	2
82	Inver Hydro	Scotland	2
83	Keltneyburn Hydro	Scotland	2
84	Loch Eilde Mor Hydro (Kinlochleven extension)	Scotland	2
85	Lochay Compensation Set	England	2
86	River Lochy Hydro	Scotland	2
87	River Pattack (resubmission)	Scotland	2
88	Uisge Dubh Hydro	Scotland	2
89	Bruar Hydro Scheme	Scotland	2
90	Derrydarroch	Scotland	2
91	Ederline Hydro	Scotland	2
92	River Coiltie Hydro Scheme	Scotland	2
93	Turret water treatment works	Scotland	2
94	Mucomir	Scotland	2
95	Beeston Weir Hydro Scheme	England	2
96	Allt Garbh hydro	Scotland	2
97	Ardtornish Estate-Upgrade to existing	Scotland	2
98	Badachro hydro scheme - resubmission	Scotland	2
99	Eas a Ghaill	Scotland	2
100	Carnoch	Scotland	1
101	Donich Water Hydro	Scotland	1
102	Innerhadden Burn Hydro	Scotland	1
103	River Taodail Hydro	Scotland	1
104	Allt Cheanna Mhuir Hydro	Scotland	1
105	Allt Ladaidh Hydro	Scotland	1
106	Ben Glas	Scotland	1
107	Invervar Hydro - resubmission	Scotland	1
108	Kerry Falls	Scotland	1
109	Langwell Estate hydro scheme	Scotland	1
110	Loch Dubh	Scotland	1
111	Beinn Eagagach Hydro	Scotland	1
112	Bruach Caorainn Hydro Scheme	Scotland	1
113	Nevis Range	Scotland	1
114	Glen Fyne 'Merk' Hydro	Scotland	1
115	Innerwick Hydro	Scotland	1
116	Leacann Hydro	Scotland	1
117	Loch An Laoigh Hydro	Scotland	1

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