Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Abernethy Primary Substation
Abernethy Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.05 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scotland | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 1.05 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 1 x 6.3MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Abernethy GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.3398, -3.2942 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 313 power plants (71 operating, 1,129 MW), 92 grid connections (28 operating, 407 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh Road, Abernethy - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Jamesfield Garden Centre, Newburgh - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Newburgh Road, Abernethy - Energy Storage | Power plant | 15 MW | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Balgonie Farm 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Balgonie Farm BESS 49.9MW grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Balgonie Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Balgonie Farm 50MW Battery grid connection52.7 MW
- Balgonie Farm BESS 49.9MW grid connection50 MW
- Binn Ecopar grid connection9.9 MW
- Binn Farm - Wind grid connection9.9 MW
- Cordon Farm grid connection30 MW
- Fragland grid connection120 MW
- Lochebank Windfarm grid connection9.45 MW
- Errol PV grid connection9.41 MW
- Binn Farm Wind Farm grid connection6.7 MW
- Solar 9.9 MW grid connection at Abernethy Grid9.9 MW
- Battery storage and Solar 9.405 MW grid connection at Abernethy Grid9.41 MW
- Jamesfield Farm Battery Storage 1 grid connection31.6 MW
- Jamesfield Farm Battery Storage 2 grid connection20 MW
- PM AB1 Energy Storage grid connection49.9 MW
- PM AB2 Energy Storage grid connection15 MW
- Shire End 20MW PV grid connection20 MW
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Abernethy Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.29 ha brownfield site at Newburgh Road Abernethy, Perth and Kinross0.63 km · score 22
- 1.04 ha brownfield site at Inchyra St Madoes, Perth and Kinross3.8 km · score 1
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.