Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Castlemilk Substation
Castlemilk Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15.2 MVA of demand headroom and 19.7 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 | CASTLEMILK | 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 | 15.2 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 19.7 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 | 55.8063, -4.2366 | 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: 475 power plants (113 operating, 2,816 MW), 290 grid connections (149 operating, 1,681 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathkin Brae Wind Turbine grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Cathkin Braes Wind Farm (Castlemilk) | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Castlemilk and Carmunnock Community Windpark Trust | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 2.6 km |
| Highflat Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 19.9 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Cathkin Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4.2 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Polmadie Resource Recovery Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Castlemilk have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.69 ha brownfield site at Downcraig Drive/ Carmunnock Road., Glasgow City0.51 km · score 38
- 1.88 ha brownfield site at 44 Downcraig Road, Glasgow City0.73 km · score 34
- 3.87 ha brownfield site at East of Barlia Terrace, Glasgow City1.0 km · score 30
- 1.05 ha brownfield site at Ardencraig RD Castlemillk, Glasgow City1.03 km · score 30
- 1.11 ha brownfield site at MID Netherton RD Carmmunock RD, Glasgow City1.15 km · score 28
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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.