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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Commercial Road Substation

Commercial Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.62 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Commercial Road lies
55.4247, -2.7893 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 sourceCOMMERCIAL ROADSP 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 headroom1.62 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity13.5 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
Coordinates55.4247, -2.7893SP 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: 127 power plants (29 operating, 1,288 MW), 35 grid connections (18 operating, 398 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Stirches Farm PV grid connectionGrid connection60 MWPlanned1.3 km
Stirches Renewable Energy Park - Solar Panels & Battery Energy StoragePower plant30 MWPlanned1.6 km
Stirches Renewable Energy Park - Solar Panels & Battery Energy StoragePower plant30 MWPlanned1.6 km
Birneyknowe Wind FarmPower plant60 MWCancelled5.8 km
Pines Burn Windfarm (Fernilees Windfarm) grid connectionGrid connection52.8 MWOperating10 km
Langhope Rig Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection16.2 MWOperating11 km
Cross Border Connection (England)Transmission line—Planned31 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Commercial Road has 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

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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