Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Allanbank Substation
Allanbank Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 16.9 MVA of demand headroom and 25.8 MVA of generation 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 | ALLANBANK | 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 | 16.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.8 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 | 55.7964, -3.8380 | 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: 454 power plants (118 operating, 3,267 MW), 288 grid connections (152 operating, 1,772 MW) and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwood Windfarm | Power plant | 21 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
| Watsonhead Wind Farm | Power plant | 8.4 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Watson Head Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 8.4 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Hartwood | Power plant | 30 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| Fernishaw Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Auchenlea Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
12 sites of land near Allanbank have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.05 ha brownfield site at Mill Road Allanton, North Lanarkshire0.33 km · score 42
- 1.89 ha brownfield site at Hartwood Road Hartwood, North Lanarkshire1.54 km · score 24
- 9.96 ha brownfield site at Hartwood Road Hartwood, North Lanarkshire1.82 km · score 21
- 12 ha brownfield site at Morningside Road Newmains, North Lanarkshire2.73 km · score 19
- 11 ha brownfield site at East of Main Street Newmains, North Lanarkshire2.99 km · score 19
- 4.21 ha brownfield site at Home Farm Road Hartwood, North Lanarkshire2.01 km · score 17
- 3.71 ha brownfield site at Main Street Newmains, North Lanarkshire3.03 km · score 17
- 2.79 ha brownfield site at Morningside Road Newmains, North Lanarkshire2.58 km · score 17
- 2.11 ha brownfield site at Hartwood Road Hartwood, North Lanarkshire2.33 km · score 17
- 1.54 ha brownfield site at North and South Road Cleland, North Lanarkshire3.43 km · score 17
- 1.45 ha brownfield site at Morningside Road Newmains, North Lanarkshire2.43 km · score 17
- 1.06 ha brownfield site at Newton Drive Newmains, North Lanarkshire2.84 km · score 17
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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.