Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Bishop Substation
Bishop Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.1 MVA of demand 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 | BISHOP | 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 | 12.1 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 | 55.8659, -4.0996 | 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: 472 power plants (118 operating, 2,745 MW), 309 grid connections (160 operating, 1,855 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenoakhill Landfill 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Greenoakhill | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Greenoakhill Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Kilgarth | Power plant | 1 MW | Closed | 3.8 km |
| Newton Farm, Westburn Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 5.0 km |
| SMG grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
25 sites of land near Bishop have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.33 ha brownfield site at Lochdochart Road Dalswinton St., Glasgow City0.11 km · score 40
- 1.18 ha brownfield site at 11 Lochdochart Road., Glasgow City0.13 km · score 40
- 3.17 ha brownfield site at Dalswinton Path Auchencrow St/ Lochend H.S., Glasgow City0.25 km · score 38
- 4.42 ha brownfield site at Commonhead Road/ Dungeonhill Road N'th'house RD, Glasgow City0.33 km · score 37
- 2.07 ha brownfield site at Dungeonhill RD Commonhead RD, Glasgow City0.31 km · score 37
- 2.24 ha brownfield site at Easterhouse Road Aberdalgie Road Baldinnie RD., Glasgow City0.48 km · score 35
- 1.97 ha brownfield site at 3-23 Buchlyvie Street., Glasgow City0.66 km · score 32
- 2.07 ha brownfield site at Auchingill Road Calcots Path Liff Place, Glasgow City0.74 km · score 31
- 1.63 ha brownfield site at Aberdalgie Road/ Baldinnie Road, Glasgow City0.75 km · score 31
- 3.18 ha brownfield site at Lochend Road/ Cairnbrook Road, Glasgow City0.78 km · score 30
- 1.42 ha brownfield site at Lochend Road Skelbo Place Skelbo Path, Glasgow City0.82 km · score 30
- 1.21 ha brownfield site at East of Allnach Place/St Collete P. S. Site, Glasgow City0.83 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.