Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Avenue End Road Substation
Avenue End Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11 MVA of demand headroom and 27.2 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 | AVENUE END 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 | 11 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 27.2 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.8821, -4.1627 | 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: 470 power plants (118 operating, 2,771 MW), 304 grid connections (158 operating, 1,868 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsden BESS (Cleddans Farm) grid connection | Grid connection | 71.9 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Provan Gas Works BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| St Rollox 9.5MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 20.4 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 4.9 km |
| Greenoakhill | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 5.6 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
9 sites of land near Avenue End Road have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.38 ha brownfield site at Rear 1545-1557 Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow City0.54 km · score 33
- 6.16 ha brownfield site at W of Station RD, Glasgow City0.61 km · score 32
- 9.17 ha brownfield site at West of 90 Station Road, Glasgow City0.85 km · score 30
- 15 ha brownfield site at South of M.80 by Robroyston RD, Glasgow City1.16 km · score 27
- 2.79 ha brownfield site at Drumlochy Road Boghall Street Gartloch Road, Glasgow City0.99 km · score 26
- 1.89 ha brownfield site at Gartloch Road/ Drumlochy Road/ Elibank St, Glasgow City1.09 km · score 25
- 1.54 ha brownfield site at Robroyston Road/ Colintrave Cres Royston RD, Glasgow City1.34 km · score 21
- 7.92 ha brownfield site at Robroyston Business Park/ N of the M8., Glasgow City1.47 km · score 20
- 2.03 ha brownfield site at Cumbernauld Road STEPPS, North Lanarkshire2.33 km · score 11
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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.