Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Cambuslang Substation
Cambuslang Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 17.5 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 | CAMBUSLANG | 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 | 17.5 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 | 55.8259, -4.1803 | 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: 472 power plants (113 operating, 2,682 MW), 296 grid connections (154 operating, 1,778 MW) and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMG grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 2.0 km |
| Dalmarnock Road BESS (Former Sanmex Site) grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Downiebrae Road, Rutherglen - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 2.1 km |
| Rutherglen Park grid connection | Grid connection | 29.2 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Seath Road, Rutherglen - Battery Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
- SMG grid connection1.6 MW
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Cambuslang have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.4 ha brownfield site at OFF Bogleshole R Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire0.12 km · score 46
- 5.73 ha brownfield site at Cambuslang Inves Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire0.47 km · score 41
- 2.22 ha brownfield site at Cambuslang Road Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire0.5 km · score 40
- 9.95 ha brownfield site at Hamilton Farm Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire0.76 km · score 38
- 1.29 ha brownfield site at South of Cambuslang Road, Glasgow City0.71 km · score 37
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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.