Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Caddlehill Substation
Caddlehill Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.2 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 | CADDLEHILL | 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 | 12.2 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 | 55.9475, -4.7719 | 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: 261 power plants (63 operating, 1,949 MW), 175 grid connections (85 operating, 1,044 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenock Wind Farm | Power plant | 55 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Flatterton Road grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 4.2 km |
| Inverclyde Wind Farm (Corlic Hill) | Power plant | 24 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Inverclyde Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 24 MW | Operating | 4.2 km |
| Flatterton Farm, Flatterton Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 4.3 km |
| Flatterton Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 58.8 MW | Planned | 4.4 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Caddlehill have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.03 ha brownfield site at Kenilworth Crescent/Wholefarm Road Greenock, Inverclyde0.8 km · score 30
- 2.19 ha brownfield site at Bow Farm Greenock, Inverclyde0.94 km · score 28
- 1 ha brownfield site at Madeira Street Greenock, Inverclyde1.25 km · score 23
- 1.15 ha brownfield site at Lyle Road Greenock, Inverclyde1.48 km · score 20
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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.