Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Anstruther Substation
Anstruther Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.59 MVA of demand headroom and 9.02 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 | ANSTRUTHER | 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 | 3.59 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 9.02 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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 | 56.2236, -2.7050 | 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: 265 power plants (83 operating, 3,187 MW), 166 grid connections (77 operating, 1,249 MW) and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonerbo Wind Cluster grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Bonerbo Wind Turbines | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Land to the North West of Sypsies Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 5.7 km |
| Troywood Wind Turbine | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Cancelled | 5.7 km |
| Fife Energy Park Wind Turbine Test Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Diageo Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.