Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Broxburn Substation
Broxburn Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15.7 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 | BROXBURN | 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 | 15.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.9325, -3.4838 | 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: 439 power plants (123 operating, 2,053 MW), 298 grid connections (161 operating, 1,969 MW) and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learielaw Farm, Learielaw - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| East Mains Generating Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Brewster Brothers, Drumshoreland Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.7 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Almondell BESS (Broxburn BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 61.5 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Broxburn | Power plant | 20 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Broxburn Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 27.5 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
More from SP Distribution plc
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Broxburn have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 6.9 ha brownfield site at Uphall, West Lothian1.03 km · score 31
- 2.1 ha brownfield site at Broxburn, West Lothian0.96 km · score 31
- 2.02 ha brownfield site at Port Buchan Broxburn, West Lothian1.11 km · score 29
- 25 ha brownfield site at Philpstoun, West Lothian4.98 km · score 22
Other substations in Scotland
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.