UK renewable project intelligence · REPD 06841

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Drax (formerly Scottish Power) · Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity · Scotland

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Reported capacity440 MWInstalled Capacity (MWelec) in the public REPD record

Development stageOperationalCurrent short status in the latest source snapshot

Screening score81/100Low heuristic screening risk

Planning record

Project Evidence

Source fields are retained from the latest UK Renewable Energy Planning Database snapshot.

TechnologyPumped Storage Hydroelectricity

Operator or applicantDrax (formerly Scottish Power)

RegionScotland

CountyArgyll and Bute

CountryScotland

Planning authorityArgyll and Bute

Planning referenceNot reported

CfD allocation roundNot reported

Planning history

Planning Timeline

Construction started01 Jan 1961
Became operational01 Jan 1966
Latest public record18 Aug 2020

Time to operation

Delivery Signal

Relative two-year evidence for prioritisation, separated from unvalidated literal probabilities and external-risk scenarios.

This planning record is outside the current active forecast universe. Its public project evidence remains searchable and comparable.

Positive public evidence

No additional positive signal is recorded.

Risks and missing evidence

No additional public-data warning is recorded.

Source and scope. Project facts derive from the official DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database quarterly extract. Delivery signals and screening scores are research enrichments by this platform; public data does not reveal private finance, land, supply-chain or contract terms.