Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Braidwood Substation
Braidwood Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.3 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 | BRAIDWOOD | 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 | 12.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.7119, -3.8363 | 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: 458 power plants (112 operating, 3,358 MW), 277 grid connections (142 operating, 1,675 MW) and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartland Muir Wind Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
| Stonebyres Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Bogside | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Cancelled | 5.1 km |
| Lesmahagow Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.18 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| Lesmahagow Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.25 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| Hill Rig Community Wind Farm | Power plant | 28 MW | Cancelled | 5.5 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Braidwood have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.5 ha brownfield site at Lanark Road Braidwood, South Lanarkshire1.19 km · score 24
- 3.37 ha brownfield site at Goremire Road Carluke, South Lanarkshire1.7 km · score 17
- 4.51 ha brownfield site at Milton Cottages Carluke, South Lanarkshire1.84 km · score 15
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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.