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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Dalgety Substation

Dalgety Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15.8 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Dalgety lies
56.0371, -3.3624 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 sourceDALGETYSP 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 headroom15.8 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity24 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
Coordinates56.0371, -3.3624SP 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: 384 power plants (105 operating, 1,496 MW), 241 grid connections (130 operating, 1,808 MW) and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Balbougie Farm grid connectionGrid connection42.9 MWPlanned1.1 km
Field 9 BESS grid connectionGrid connection53.2 MWPlanned1.8 km
South Pargillis - Battery StoragePower plant42 MWCancelled1.8 km
STOR Field 9Power plant37 MWPermitted1.9 km
The Black Shed (Inverkeithing Gas Generation) grid connectionGrid connection20.7 MWPlanned2.5 km
Dunfermline EDI4Power plant1.9 MWOperating3.5 km
Edinburgh SC-3Data center——12 km
Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1Data center——13 km
Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1Data center——13 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near Dalgety 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

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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