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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Cupar Substation

Cupar Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.38 MVA of demand headroom and 24.3 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Cupar lies
56.3141, -3.0362 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 sourceCUPARSP 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 headroom4.38 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom24.3 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21 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
Coordinates56.3141, -3.0362SP 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: 288 power plants (66 operating, 1,261 MW), 177 grid connections (76 operating, 1,194 MW) and 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Fife Tractors, Drum Road - Battery Energy StoragePower plant12.5 MWCancelled0.3 km
Gilliesfauld BESS grid connectionGrid connection12.5 MWPlanned0.3 km
Ferrymuir Energy Storage grid connectionGrid connection58 MWOperating0.4 km
FerrymuirPower plant49.9 MWUnder construction0.9 km
Over Rankielour Farms grid connectionGrid connection30 MWPlanned1.5 km
Over Rankeilour Farm - Solar FarmPower plant29.9 MWPlanned1.7 km
RBS Data CentreData center——42 km
Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501)Data center——45 km
Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1Data center——46 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

More from SP Distribution plc

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Cupar 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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