Glendoe Hydro Scheme, Scotland
Underground hydroelectric power station
Client: Scottish and Southern Energy plc.
Superior Contractor: Hochtief Glendoe Joint Venture
Structures description:
- tailrace tunnel
- access tunnel
- underground cavern for power station
- turbine and generator
- cable tunnel
- supply corridors into dam
Construction technology:
- excavation by drilling and blasting works
- reinforcement by rockbolts and shotcrete
Completed structures:
- excavation of access, cable and tailrace tunnel, starting part of TBM tunnel, cavern of the power station with adjacent short tunnels
- excavation of water access tunnels in total 6 783 m length for feeding the water into the dam
Construction period:
Excavation: April 2006 – April 2008
Other works: July 2008
