Glenlee Power Station

The control centre for the Galloway Hydro-Electric Project, which has a catchment area of 103,600ha in south west Scotland. Unlike the other stations in the Scheme it is not supplied with water from the river Ken. Rather it is supplied with water from Clatteringshaws Loch to the south west, via a tunnel and pipeline with a combined length of 6.3km.

Since the 1970s, the whole Galloway scheme has been controlled from Glenlee Power Station. Individual generators are operated in proportion to customer demand and available water. The power station has a maximum output capacity of 24MW for an average net head of 116m of water, which can be generated within five minutes.