Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
David Street Substation
David Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.96 MVA of demand headroom and 21.5 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 | DAVID 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 | 9.96 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.5 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 | 55.8535, -4.2172 | 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: 461 power plants (115 operating, 2,766 MW), 299 grid connections (155 operating, 1,797 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletes Village Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 1.68 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Dalmarnock WWTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Royal Infirmary CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Downiebrae Road, Rutherglen - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near David Street has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
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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.