Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Balloch Substation
Balloch Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10.7 MVA of demand headroom and 26.6 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 | BALLOCH | 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 | 10.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.9967, -4.5800 | 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: 307 power plants (80 operating, 2,133 MW), 202 grid connections (102 operating, 1,151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Auchencarroch Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 5.01 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Auchencarroch Landfill | Power plant | 2.1 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Auchencarroch Landfill Extension | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Merkins Wind Farm | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 3.5 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Balloch have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.7 ha brownfield site at Lennox Street Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire0.45 km · score 34
- 1.98 ha brownfield site at Lomond IE Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire0.49 km · score 33
- 6.64 ha brownfield site at Main Street Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire0.87 km · score 28
- 1.98 ha brownfield site at Hillbank Street Bonhill, West Dunbartonshire1.64 km · score 16
Other substations in Scotland
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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.