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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Cronberry Substation

Cronberry Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.3 MVA of demand headroom and 7.87 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Cronberry lies
55.5098, -4.1308 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 sourceCRONBERRYSP 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 headroom7.3 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom7.87 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity10 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
Coordinates55.5098, -4.1308SP 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: 467 power plants (112 operating, 4,111 MW), 225 grid connections (117 operating, 1,367 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
Linburn FarmPower plant1.7 MWCancelled2.6 km
Penbreck & Carmacoup ForestPower plant27 MWUnknown4.4 km
The Drum Wind FarmPower plant49.6 MWCancelled4.6 km
Bankend Rig Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection14.3 MWOperating7.8 km
Bankend Rig Extension Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection8.5 MWPlanned7.9 km
Mill Rig Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection34.2 MWOperating8.8 km
Asanti HamiltonData center——30 km
DataVita DV1Data center——38 km
iomart Glasgow Data CentreData center——39 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near Cronberry 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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