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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Airdrie Substation

Airdrie Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11.1 MVA of demand headroom and 23.4 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Airdrie lies
55.8654, -3.9829 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceAIRDRIESP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationScotlandSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom11.1 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom23.4 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.8654, -3.9829SP 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: 451 power plants (113 operating, 2,838 MW), 298 grid connections (154 operating, 1,773 MW) and 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Locks Street, Coatdyke - Battery Energy Storage SystemsPower plant45 MWPlanned1.3 km
Burnbank Street, Greenhill - Battery Storage FacilityPower plant30 MWPermitted1.9 km
Burnbank Coatbridge BESS grid connectionGrid connection30.8 MWPlanned2.0 km
Dalmacoulter Landfill, Dalmacoulter Road - Solar FarmPower plant1 MWPermitted2.2 km
Glasgow Advanced grid connectionGrid connection29 MWPlanned3.0 km
North Lanarkshire Bio (Carnbroe EFW) grid connectionGrid connection32.1 MWPlanned3.0 km
DataVita DV1Data center——3.9 km
Asanti HamiltonData center——12 km
DataVita DV2Data center——18 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

6 sites of land near Airdrie have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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