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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Clydebank Business Park Substation

Clydebank Business Park Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.1 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Clydebank Business Park lies
55.9048, -4.4121 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceCLYDEBANK BUSINESS PARKSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationScotlandSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom12.1 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity24 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.9048, -4.4121SP 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: 391 power plants (100 operating, 2,395 MW), 259 grid connections (135 operating, 1,581 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Rothesay Dock Plastic to Hydrogen Recycling FacilityPower plant3.8 MWCancelled1.3 km
North Clyde Recycling Centre (Resubmission) grid connectionGrid connection1.6 MWPlanned1.8 km
Braidfield Road, Hardgate - Battery Storage FacilityPower plant100 MWPlanned1.9 km
Thermo Fisher Diesel (Inchinnan Bus Park Gen/Life Technologies) Alternative Feed grid connectionGrid connection1.12 MWOperating3.0 km
Thermo Fisher Diesel (Inchinnan Bus Park Gen/Life Technologies) grid connectionGrid connection1.12 MWOperating3.0 km
Vale of Leven Wind FarmPower plant70 MWPlanned3.3 km
iomart Glasgow Data CentreData center——10.0 km
Verizon Glasgow GLSGGBData center——10 km
DataVita DV2Data center——10 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

7 sites of land near Clydebank Business Park have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

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