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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Aurs Road Substation

Aurs Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.2 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Aurs Road lies
55.8020, -4.3836 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 sourceAURS ROADSP 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 headroom14.2 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity24 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
Coordinates55.8020, -4.3836SP 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: 436 power plants (105 operating, 2,533 MW), 267 grid connections (136 operating, 1,479 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Parkhouse Road - Battery Energy StoragePower plant24 MWPermitted1.2 km
Saturland Farm grid connectionGrid connection60.8 MWPlanned1.3 km
Saturland Farm, Salterland Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant60.8 MWPermitted1.3 km
Parkhouse Road grid connectionGrid connection25 MWPlanned1.4 km
Kennishead Road - Battery Energy StoragePower plant40 MWCancelled3.7 km
Kennishead BESS grid connectionGrid connection40 MWPlanned3.8 km
iomart Glasgow Data CentreData center——8.3 km
Verizon Glasgow GLSGGBData center——9.5 km
DataVita DV2Data center——9.9 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Aurs Road has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

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