Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Drymen Primary
Drymen Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.15 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, 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 |
| Demand headroom | 4.15 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 1 x 6MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Strathleven GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the existing transformer with a 7.5 / 15MVA unit (due Jun 2027) | 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 & upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.0610, -4.4349 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 332 power plants (88 operating, 1,419 MW), 32 grid connections (17 operating, 278 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Priory Hydro grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 7.2 km |
| Blairlinnans Water Treatment Plant, Stirling Road - Solar PV Panels | Power plant | 1.28 MW | Cancelled | 7.3 km |
| Auchencarroch Landfill Extension | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 9.1 km |
| Auchencarroch Landfill | Power plant | 2.1 MW | Operating | 9.2 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.