Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Abronhill Substation
Abronhill Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 21.6 MVA of demand headroom, operated 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 | ABRONHILL | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Scotland | 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 |
| Demand headroom | 21.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.9582, -3.9441 | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 438 power plants (115 operating, 2,398 MW), 302 grid connections (160 operating, 1,919 MW) and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wardpark Alpha GE grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Wardpark Bravo GE grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Dunnswood Road grid connection | Grid connection | 4.4 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Energen biogas Cumbernauld | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Cumbernauld BioPlant (Waste AD) | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Deerdykes Composting and Organics Recycling Facility (Waste AD) | Power plant | 1 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Abronhill have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.69 ha brownfield site at Larch Road Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire0.41 km · score 45
- 1.87 ha brownfield site at Avon Avenue Airdrie, North Lanarkshire4.83 km · score 22
- 1.31 ha brownfield site at Hulks Road Greengairs, North Lanarkshire3.7 km · score 22
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.