Loch Gair Hydro-Electric Scheme

Loch Gair
Hydro-Electric Scheme
Glashan Dam feeds the power station
Loch Gair Hydro-Electric Scheme is located in Argyll and Bute
Loch Gair Hydro-Electric Scheme
Location of Loch Gair
Hydro-Electric Scheme in Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
LocationLochgair, Argyll and Bute
Coordinates56°03′56″N 5°20′10″W / 56.0656°N 5.3360°W / 56.0656; -5.3360
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1961
Owner(s)SSE
Loch Gair
Hydro-Electric Scheme
Source of Allt Meallach
Loch Sidheannach
Dam + sluice
River Add
Tunnel + Crarae Burn
Dam + weir
River Add + aqueduct
Source
Crarae Burn
Loch Feorlin dam
Abhainn Bheag an Tunns
Allt Gobhain
Blackwater Loch dam
dam + sluice
Fish ladder + dam
Intakes
Loch Bealach Ghearran
Gleann Airigh pipe bridge
River Add to Loch Crinan
Loch Glashan Dam
Tunnel + Abhainn Mhór
Tunnel/pipeline junction
 A816  road
Loch Gair power station
Loch Gair
Loch Fyne

Loch Gair Hydro-Electric Scheme is a small-scale hydro-electric power station, built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and commissioned in 1956. It is located near Lochgair, a hamlet to the north-east of Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute in Scotland. It was originally designed to supply power to Lochgilphead and the surrounding communities, but is now connected to the National Grid.