Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Burntisland Substation
Burntisland Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 17.7 MVA of demand headroom and 25.6 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 | BURNTISLAND | 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 | 17.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.6 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 | 56.0662, -3.2482 | 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: 391 power plants (105 operating, 1,663 MW), 238 grid connections (127 operating, 1,885 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossmorran Battery Storage | Power plant | 300 MW | Cancelled | 4.5 km |
| Goathill Quarry Turbine | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Goathill Quarry Wind Turbine grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Camilla Battery Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Mossmorran Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Little Raith Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 56 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Burntisland have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.68 ha brownfield site at Burntisland, Fife0.61 km · score 39
- 1.01 ha brownfield site at Lammerlaws Road Burntisland, Fife1.63 km · score 23
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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.