Grid connection · Scotland, United Kingdom
Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at Pennywell Road (11kV)
Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at Pennywell Road (11kV) is a grid connection in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity, connected by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at PENNYWELL ROAD (11kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland (connects at Pennywell Road (11kV)) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Pennywell Road (via a primary substation) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.6 MW | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 9 Jan 2013 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9811, -3.2391 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
How it compares
Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at Pennywell Road (11kV) is the 1,070th-largest of 1,158 grid connections in Scotland and the 4,377th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,070th of 1,158 | 87,819 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,377th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 8,115th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 393 power plants (109 operating, 1,895 MW), 178 substations and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granton Park Avenue | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Pilton Drive West | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Pennywell Road | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Forth Ports Ltd 4 | Power plant | 120 MW | Cancelled | 3.7 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm | Power plant | 9 MW | Cancelled | 8.3 km |
| Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Planned | 9.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.