Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Boat of Garten Primary Substation
Boat of Garten Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.19 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, operated by Scottish Hydro Electric.
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 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 7.19 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 8MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Boat of Garten GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.2536, -3.7319 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 102 power plants (30 operating, 1,772 MW) and 29 grid connections (15 operating, 386 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat of Garten BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Boat of Garten - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Balnespick Wind Farm | Power plant | 55.8 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Balnespick Wind Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| TOM NAN Clach Farm Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 37.1 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Cairn Duhie Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 104 MW | Planned | 26 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.