Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Bowhill Substation
Bowhill Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.63 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 | BOWHILL | 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 | 2.63 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 | 56.1484, -3.2679 | 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: 369 power plants (97 operating, 1,158 MW), 242 grid connections (128 operating, 1,930 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield (former Opencast Coal Mine) | Power plant | 23.7 MW | Under construction | 0.7 km |
| Westfield | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Westfield Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Strathruddie Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Strathruddie, Kinglassie - Solar farm | Power plant | 25 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
| Westfield ERF grid connection | Grid connection | 25.1 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Bowhill have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.31 ha brownfield site at Woodend Road Auchterderran, Fife0.52 km · score 25
- 30 ha brownfield site at Westfield by Kinglassie, Fife3.14 km · score 10
- 28 ha brownfield site at Westfield by Kinglassie, Fife2.6 km · score 10
- 16 ha brownfield site at Westfield Kynglassie, Fife3.09 km · score 6
- 2.85 ha brownfield site at Navitie Park Benarty, Fife4.0 km · score 3
- 2.34 ha brownfield site at Lochgelly Industrial Park Lochgelly, Fife2.78 km · score 3
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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.