Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Barrhead Substation
Barrhead Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.3 MVA of demand headroom and 22.7 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 | BARRHEAD | 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 | 14.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 22.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8084, -4.3885 | 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: 433 power plants (105 operating, 2,533 MW), 270 grid connections (139 operating, 1,514 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturland Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60.8 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Saturland Farm, Salterland Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 60.8 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Parkhouse Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 24 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Parkhouse Road grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Kennishead Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 3.8 km |
| Kennishead BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.1 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Barrhead have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 15 ha brownfield site at Shanks IND EST Barrhead, East Renfrewshire0.32 km · score 42
- 1.17 ha brownfield site at Shanks Way Barrhead, East Renfrewshire0.26 km · score 40
- 1.91 ha brownfield site at Glasgow Road Barrhead, East Renfrewshire0.98 km · score 30
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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.