Licensed Hydropower Water Abstraction Sites in Scotland

Licensed sites regulated under Scotland's Controlled Activities Regulation (CAR) for hydropower water abstraction. The dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform. The specific number of sites and the last update date are not provided.

Use Cases

• Mapping hydropower infrastructure locations based on licensed site data.
• Analyzing regulatory compliance for water abstraction activities.
• Modeling water resource usage for renewable energy planning.
• Assessing the geographic distribution of hydropower generation capacity.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from an official government regulatory body (Government Digital Service).
• Focuses on a specific, regulated activity (water abstraction for hydropower).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Regulatory licensing records under the Controlled Activities Regulation (CAR).

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Scotland