Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Carfin Substation
Carfin Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.95 MVA of demand headroom and 23.7 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 | CARFIN | 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 | 9.95 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 23.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8037, -3.9595 | 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: 483 power plants (119 operating, 3,292 MW), 298 grid connections (156 operating, 1,824 MW) and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greengairs Landfill Scheme Phase I | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Liberty Steel Dalzell | Power plant | 17 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Brew Dog Brewery, Condor Glen - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| Greenside Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Netherton Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 19.9 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Auchenlea Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 3.9 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 9.2 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
9 sites of land near Carfin have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 57 ha brownfield site at Ravenscraig West Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.28 km · score 36
- 11 ha brownfield site at Plantation Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire0.46 km · score 35
- 2.56 ha brownfield site at Plantation Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire0.58 km · score 31
- 1.28 ha brownfield site at Bell Quadrant Motherwell, North Lanarkshire0.63 km · score 31
- 1.84 ha brownfield site at Loanhead Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.0 km · score 25
- 2.74 ha brownfield site at Hagen Drive Cleland, North Lanarkshire1.13 km · score 23
- 1.03 ha brownfield site at Jerviston Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.12 km · score 23
- 1.12 ha brownfield site at Mill Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.79 km · score 13
- 3.92 ha brownfield site at Chapelknowe Road Cleland, North Lanarkshire1.92 km · score 11
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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.