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Striven Power Station

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Striven Power Station

Striven Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in 1951. It is located near Ardtaraig on the Cowal Peninsula, part of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is sometimes known as the Cowal Hydro-Electric

Scheme. It was originally designed to supply power to the remote communities on the peninsula, but is now connected to the National Grid.

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