Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Cameron Substation
Cameron Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.42 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 | CAMERON | 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 | 5.42 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.9104, -3.5064 | 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: 448 power plants (126 operating, 2,171 MW), 294 grid connections (160 operating, 1,942 MW) and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wyman Gordon Facility, Nettlehill Road- Solar Farm | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| Nettlehill Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 2.8 MW | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| Drumcross Battery Storage | Power plant | 30 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
| Almondell BESS (Broxburn BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 61.5 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Nairn Road Gas (Drumcross Gas) grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Broxburn Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 27.5 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Cameron has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.63 ha brownfield site at Uphall Station, West Lothian1.54 km · score 12
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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.