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Storr Lochs Hydro-Electric Scheme

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Storr Lochs Hydro-Electric Scheme

Storr Lochs is a hydro-electric power station built on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland and commissioned in 1952. It was built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, and used water from Lochs Leathan and Fada, to provide the first general supply of electricity to the island. Becaus

e the location of the turbine house was not easily accessible, it is served by an electric funicular railway. The original two turbines were supplemented by a third in 1956, and it continued to operate until the 2010s. By that time, it was becoming difficult to maintain, and it was upgraded in 2017, when two new turbines were installed, and most of the ancillary services were upgraded, allowing it to be controlled from Scottish and Southern Energy's control centre in Perth.

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