Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Archerhill Road Substation
Archerhill Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.59 MVA of demand headroom and 24.4 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 | ARCHERHILL ROAD | 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 | 7.59 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8942, -4.3436 | 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: 418 power plants (108 operating, 2,572 MW), 285 grid connections (151 operating, 1,794 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Recovery Facility South Street | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
| Cleveden Road BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Glasgow BESS (South Street BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| North Clyde Recycling Centre (Resubmission) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Rothesay Dock Plastic to Hydrogen Recycling Facility | Power plant | 3.8 MW | Cancelled | 3.4 km |
| South Clyde Energy Centre | Power plant | 45 MW | Under construction | 3.5 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.