Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Denmark Street Substation
Denmark Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11.4 MVA of demand 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 | DENMARK 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 | 11.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.8840, -4.2522 | 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: 447 power plants (112 operating, 2,742 MW), 296 grid connections (154 operating, 1,923 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Dundas Concrete Plant BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 88.2 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| St Rollox 9.5MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 20.4 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Gevens Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.9 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 2.4 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Caledonian Solar Park | Power plant | 18.4 MW | Cancelled | 2.9 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Summerston Landfill | Power plant | 2.8 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
9 sites of land near Denmark Street have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.07 ha brownfield site at Stoneyhurst St/ Tannock Street., Glasgow City0.22 km · score 38
- 20 ha brownfield site at North of Keppochill Road, Glasgow City0.62 km · score 37
- 1.33 ha brownfield site at 36-64 Stonyhurst Street/ 33-61 Allander St, Glasgow City0.36 km · score 36
- 1.41 ha brownfield site at Killearn Street/ Stonyhurst St/ Byshot Path, Glasgow City0.58 km · score 33
- 1.4 ha brownfield site at 4-10 Stonyhurst Street., Glasgow City0.56 km · score 33
- 8.1 ha brownfield site at Bilsland Drive, Glasgow City0.82 km · score 30
- 6.71 ha brownfield site at 76-80 North Canal Bank Street, Glasgow City1.09 km · score 26
- 1.41 ha brownfield site at S of Haywood St, Glasgow City1.05 km · score 26
- 1.24 ha brownfield site at S of 13 Eday St, Glasgow City1.19 km · score 24
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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.