Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Achiltibuie Primary

Achiltibuie Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationScotlandSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorScottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom0 MVASSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom0 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Transformers1 x 1MVASSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromGrudie Bridge GSPSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & upstream voltage constraint)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
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates58.0307, -5.3615SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 33 power plants (10 operating, 69.2 MW) and 18 grid connections (11 operating, 96.2 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Corriemoillie Substation Garve - Battery Energy StoragePower plant200 MWPlanned16 km
Langwell Lodge Strath Canaird grid connectionGrid connection1.2 MWOperating16 km
Coille Beith - Wind TurbinesPower plant79.2 MWPlanned16 km
Acheilidh Wind Farm (Previously known as Lairg III)Power plant79.2 MWPlanned16 km
Inverlael Hydro Station grid connectionGrid connection2.38 MWOperating25 km
Loch A BHRAOIN Hydro 2 grid connectionGrid connection1.9 MWOperating35 km

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