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Power Facts
Power Fact One
Our pylons and poles stacked on top of each other would stretch 619 300 metres high, that is the same as 70 Mount Everests.
Power Fact Two
Our cables placed end to end would stretch 66,835 kilometres, long enough to reach round the earth 1.5 times.
Power Fact Three
52% of Scotland's sludge goes to Daldowie Power Styation to be made into fuel pellets for reuse.
Power Fact Four
The ash produced in Power Stations is used to make concrete, this concrete is stronger than concrete made without.
Power Fact Five
Our remotest pole is 80 kilometres from our nearest office.
Power Fact Six
Each year we dig approx 50 000 holes to repair the network, added together that's a combined depth of 91 kilometres or twice the depth of the earths crust.
Power Fact Seven
We have 3.38 million customers the same as the population of Albania.
Power Fact Eight
On average a Power Station generates 2.4 million kwh per hour, in 1 hour this is enough to supply 1 house for 5000 years.
Power Fact Nine
Many of the slips roads and embankments on Motorways in Scotland are made with the ash produced in Power Stations.
Power Fact Ten
ScottishPower Renewables is currently the UK's largest developer of onshore windfarms with over 30 windfarms fully operational, under construction or in planning and is expected to become the first UK utility company to reach the target of 10 percent of energy produced from renewable sources.
