Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Craigneuk Substation
Craigneuk Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.5 MVA of demand headroom and 22.9 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 | CRAIGNEUK | 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 | 13.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 22.9 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 | 55.7772, -3.9516 | 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: 486 power plants (119 operating, 3,366 MW), 295 grid connections (155 operating, 1,800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherton Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 19.9 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Wishaw Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Liberty Steel Dalzell | Power plant | 17 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Castlehill Road Multi G98 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Greengairs Landfill Scheme Phase I | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Auchenlea Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Craigneuk have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 77 ha brownfield site at Robberhall Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.36 km · score 45
- 1.34 ha brownfield site at Excelsior Street Wishaw, North Lanarkshire0.26 km · score 40
- 51 ha brownfield site at Robberhall Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.46 km · score 35
- 21 ha brownfield site at Robberhall Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.2 km · score 30
- 5.68 ha brownfield site at Pentland Road Wishaw, North Lanarkshire0.92 km · score 30
- 3.29 ha brownfield site at New Craig Road Motherwell, North Lanarkshire1.79 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.