Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Birrell Street Wynd Substation
Birrell Street Wynd Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 8.33 MVA of demand headroom and 24.2 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 | BIRRELL STREET WYND | 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 | 8.33 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.2 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 | 56.1216, -3.1466 | 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: 364 power plants (95 operating, 2,910 MW), 225 grid connections (114 operating, 1,893 MW) and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Redhouse BESS & Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 34.5 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Land North of Thornton Road | Power plant | 19.9 MW | Cancelled | 2.9 km |
| Middle Balbeggie | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Middle Balbeggie Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Wester Balbeggie Farm, Balbeggie Avenue - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Middle Balbeggie Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.4 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Birrell Street Wynd have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 5.04 ha brownfield site at Nairn Street Kirkcaldy, Fife0.18 km · score 36
- 1.21 ha brownfield site at Victoria Road Kirkcaldy, Fife0.31 km · score 34
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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.