Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackburn Substation
Blackburn Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.16 MVA of demand headroom and 11.5 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 | BLACKBURN | 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 | 4.16 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 11.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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 | 55.8758, -3.6333 | 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: 467 power plants (128 operating, 3,052 MW), 303 grid connections (161 operating, 2,031 MW) and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldi Distribution Centre | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Solar 1.3 MW grid connection at Pyramid | Grid connection | 1.3 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Cowdenhead Wind Turbines | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Blackburnhall Self Contained Hydro Generator | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Pond Green Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Byers Brae Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 29.9 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Blackburn have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 36 ha brownfield site at Bathgate, West Lothian0.71 km · score 33
- 2.5 ha brownfield site at OFF Main Street East Whitburn, West Lothian1.16 km · score 17
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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.