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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundyvan Substation

Dundyvan Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.02 MVA of demand headroom and 24 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Dundyvan lies
55.8579, -4.0340 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 sourceDUNDYVANSP 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 headroom9.02 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom24 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21 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
Coordinates55.8579, -4.0340SP 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: 467 power plants (118 operating, 2,940 MW), 302 grid connections (157 operating, 1,850 MW) and 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
AGS Coatbridge BESS grid connectionGrid connection60 MWPlanned1.4 km
Burnbank Coatbridge BESS grid connectionGrid connection30.8 MWPlanned1.9 km
Burnbank Street, Greenhill - Battery Storage FacilityPower plant30 MWPermitted1.9 km
Locks Street, Coatdyke - Battery Energy Storage SystemsPower plant45 MWPlanned2.0 km
Coatbridge Material Recovery and Renewable Energy FacilityPower plant25 MWUnder construction2.5 km
Coatbridge Material Recovery And Renewable Energy Facility grid connectionGrid connection25 MWPlanned2.5 km
DataVita DV1Data center——5.7 km
Asanti HamiltonData center——9.6 km
DataVita DV2Data center——14 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near Dundyvan 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

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