Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Burnside Substation
Burnside Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19 MVA of demand headroom and 13.3 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 | BURNSIDE | 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 | 19 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 13.3 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 | 56.0386, -3.3950 | 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: 384 power plants (107 operating, 1,570 MW), 246 grid connections (133 operating, 1,813 MW) and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOR Field 9 | Power plant | 37 MW | Permitted | 0.3 km |
| The Black Shed (Inverkeithing Gas Generation) grid connection | Grid connection | 20.7 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Field 9 BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 53.2 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Balbougie Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 42.9 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| South Pargillis - Battery Storage | Power plant | 42 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Babcock Marine Bldg, Wood Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array | Power plant | 5.64 MW | Permitted | 2.8 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Burnside have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.09 ha brownfield site at Inverkeithing, Fife0.33 km · score 44
- 8.14 ha brownfield site at Inverkeithing, Fife1.4 km · score 29
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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.