Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Auchneel Substation
Auchneel Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.18 MVA of demand headroom and 25.1 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 | AUCHNEEL | 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 | 3.18 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.1 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 8 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 | 54.9106, -5.0688 | 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: 70 power plants (17 operating, 802 MW), 20 grid connections (14 operating, 219 MW) and 1 CO2 emitter (642,084 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenstockdale Wind Turbines | Power plant | 3 MW | Cancelled | 2.2 km |
| Craig Nab Wind Energy Hub - Wind Farm | Power plant | 33 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Larbrax Wind Farm | Power plant | 19.2 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| North Rhins Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 22 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Craig II Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.7 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Larbrax Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 21 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| EP NI Energy Limited | CO2 emitter | 642,084 tCO2e | — | 49 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Auchneel has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.18 ha brownfield site at Wig Bay Leswalt, Dumfries and Galloway3.84 km · score 3
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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.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.