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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Ashgrove Street Substation

Ashgrove Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.97 MVA of demand headroom and 23.2 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Ashgrove Street lies
55.8391, -4.2136 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 sourceASHGROVE STREETSP 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 headroom7.97 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom23.2 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
Coordinates55.8391, -4.2136SP 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: 465 power plants (113 operating, 2,751 MW), 295 grid connections (153 operating, 1,776 MW) and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Dalmarnock WWTW grid connectionGrid connection1 MWOperating0.1 km
Rutherglen Park grid connectionGrid connection29.2 MWPlanned0.3 km
Seath Road, Rutherglen - Battery StoragePower plant50 MWCancelled0.4 km
Downiebrae Road, Rutherglen - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant150 MWPermitted0.5 km
Dalmarnock Road BESS (Former Sanmex Site) grid connectionGrid connection50.4 MWPlanned0.6 km
Dalmarnock Road - Battery StoragePower plant40 MWCancelled0.6 km
DataVita DV2Data center——4.1 km
Verizon Glasgow GLSGGBData center——4.1 km
iomart Glasgow Data CentreData center——4.6 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

More from SP Distribution plc

Candidate sites around this substation

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

All sites in Glasgow City

Other substations in Scotland

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