Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Dounreay GSP
Dounreay GSP is a 132 kV grid supply point in Scotland, United Kingdom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scotland | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Grid supply point (GSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.5761, -3.7537 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 120 power plants (30 operating, 580 MW) and 49 grid connections (22 operating, 290 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dounreay, Thurso - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 34 MW | Under construction | 0.8 km |
| Dounreay Windfarm | Power plant | 17.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Dounreay BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 36 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Limekiln, Borlum House - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 70 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Forss 2 Windfarm HV grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Crosskirk Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Bettyhill Phase 2 Windfarm grid connection96 MW
- Crosskirk Energy Storage grid connection50 MW
- Dounreay BESS grid connection36 MW
- Forss Business Park grid connection50 MW
- Melvich Wind Energy Hub grid connection86.4 MW
- Forss 2 Windfarm HV grid connection5.26 MW
- Bettyhill Wind Farm grid connection5 MW
- Wind 2.35 MW grid connection at Dounreay2.35 MW
- Baillie Wind Farm CVA Export grid connection50.1 MW
- Wind 9.8 MW grid connection at Dounreay9.8 MW
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.