Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Chapelhall Substation
Chapelhall Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 20.3 MVA of demand headroom and 24.9 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 | CHAPELHALL | 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 | 20.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.9 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 | 55.8334, -3.9537 | 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: 465 power plants (117 operating, 2,872 MW), 301 grid connections (159 operating, 1,814 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Newarthill Energy Park | Power plant | 300 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Brakes, Edinburgh Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.35 MW | Cancelled | 1.2 km |
| Greenside Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Biggar Road, Cleland - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 30 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| AGS Newhouse BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Damhead Farm Wind Turbine grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Chapelhall have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.79 ha brownfield site at Lauchope Road Newhouse, North Lanarkshire0.21 km · score 47
- 1.15 ha brownfield site at York Road Chapelhall, North Lanarkshire0.23 km · score 47
- 1.21 ha brownfield site at Glen Road Newhouse, North Lanarkshire0.43 km · score 44
- 2.47 ha brownfield site at Beech Crescent Newhouse, North Lanarkshire0.46 km · score 43
- 2.29 ha brownfield site at Westfield Road Newhouse, North Lanarkshire0.55 km · score 42
- 1.48 ha brownfield site at Main Street Calderbank, North Lanarkshire1.21 km · score 32
- 1.59 ha brownfield site at Gibb Street Chapelhall, North Lanarkshire1.45 km · score 29
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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.