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The Cruachan Power Station (also known as the Cruachan Dam) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Argyll and Bute Scotland.The turbine hall is located inside Ben Cruachan and the scheme takes water between Cruachan Reservoir to Loch Awe a height difference of 396 metres (1299 ft). It is one of only four pumped storage power stations in the UK.

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average annual gross power generation (J)
2.538e+15
building start year
1959-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
country
Scotland
installed capacity (W)
4.4e+08
location
Argyll and Bute
opening date
1965-10-15
opening year
1965-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
owner
Scottish Power
latitude
56.4064
longitude
-5.11306

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