Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Consett Street Substation
Consett Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.34 MVA of demand headroom and 24.6 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 | CONSETT STREET | 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 | 6.34 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.6 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 | 55.8656, -4.1537 | 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: 470 power plants (120 operating, 2,775 MW), 307 grid connections (160 operating, 1,874 MW) and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsden BESS (Cleddans Farm) grid connection | Grid connection | 71.9 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Provan Gas Works BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Greenoakhill | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Greenoakhill Landfill 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 4.4 km |
| Downiebrae Road, Rutherglen - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 4.5 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Consett Street have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.36 ha brownfield site at Summerlee Street, Glasgow City0.18 km · score 34
- 2.1 ha brownfield site at Skerryvore Road., Glasgow City0.24 km · score 33
- 3.24 ha brownfield site at St Gregorys S'dy School/Skerryv- Ore Road., Glasgow City0.3 km · score 32
- 1.41 ha brownfield site at Lamlash Crescent Longstone Road, Glasgow City0.51 km · score 29
- 2.72 ha brownfield site at West of Avenue End Road/ North of the M8, Glasgow City0.7 km · score 26
- 2.48 ha brownfield site at Horndean Road/ Penston Road/ Lonmay Road., Glasgow City0.68 km · score 26
- 2.2 ha brownfield site at Edinburgh Road/, Glasgow City0.67 km · score 26
- 1.24 ha brownfield site at Gartloch Road / STEPPS Road, Glasgow City0.75 km · score 25
- 1.42 ha brownfield site at Bellrock Cres/ Fastnet Street/ Cloch Street, Glasgow City0.82 km · score 24
- 1 ha brownfield site at Penston Road, Glasgow City0.86 km · score 23
- 1.21 ha brownfield site at 150 Findochty Street, Glasgow City1.3 km · score 17
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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.