Earlston Hydro
Drax Generation Enterprises Limited at Earlstoun
SPEN Embedded Capacity Register >1MW, September 2026 edition
Site, company and substation names are shown as they appear in the registers, including capitalisation.
- Date connected
- 1 Apr 2016
- Status
- Connected
- Customer
- Drax Generation Enterprises Limited
- Site name
- Earlston Hydro
- Address
- Earlstoun Power Station, 1936 A762, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 3SR
- Grid reference
- Easting 261410, northing 582077
- Licence area
- Central and Southern Scotland (SPD)
- Grid supply point
- Earlstoun
- Bulk supply point
- Not stated
- Primary substation
- Not stated
- Connection voltage
- 11 kV
- Technology group
- Hydro and marine
- Energy source 1
- Water, Hydro - Run of river: 13 MW registered
- Registered capacity
- 13 MW
- Maximum export capacity
- 13 MW
- Maximum import capacity
- 0 MW
- Flexible connection
- No
- In a connection queue
- No
- Date accepted
- Not stated
- Target energisation date
- Not stated
- Distribution reinforcement reference
- Not published by SPEN
- Transmission reinforcement reference
- Not stated
- Export MPAN
- 1800053647520
- Import MPAN
- 1800053647510
- Last updated
- 14 Sep 2020
- Tracked since
- March 2026 edition
Change history
Tracked since the March 2026 edition, across 7 editions.
Changes to its status, capacity, technology or customer, newest first.
No change to its status, capacity, technology or customer.
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