Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
BISHOPBRIGGS Substation
BISHOPBRIGGS Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 8.39 MVA of demand headroom and 23.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8.39 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 23.2 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 | 55.9057, -4.2254 | 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: 448 power plants (111 operating, 2,675 MW), 297 grid connections (155 operating, 1,959 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochfauld Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 18.4 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Caledonian Solar Park | Power plant | 18.4 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Summerston Landfill | Power plant | 2.8 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Summerston Landfill 1 & 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| St Rollox 9.5MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 20.4 MW | Planned | 3.6 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 4.6 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near BISHOPBRIGGS have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.56 ha brownfield site at Mingulay Street Mingulay Place, Glasgow City0.91 km · score 25
- 5.52 ha brownfield site at Balornock Road Springburn, Glasgow City1.33 km · score 19
- 3.15 ha brownfield site at West of 135 Balornock Road, Glasgow City1.38 km · score 18
- 1.53 ha brownfield site at S of Everard Dr., Glasgow City1.35 km · score 18
- 2.53 ha brownfield site at Meadowburn BISHOPBRIGGS, East Dunbartonshire1.78 km · score 12
- 9.43 ha brownfield site at Kirkintilloch Road BISHOPBRIGGS, East Dunbartonshire2.38 km · score 10
- 6.76 ha brownfield site at Westerhill Road BISHOPBRIGGS, East Dunbartonshire1.94 km · score 10
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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.