Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
East Linton Substation
East Linton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.2 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 | EAST LINTON | 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 | 2.2 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 5 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 | 55.9835, -2.6666 | 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: 218 power plants (68 operating, 3,025 MW), 111 grid connections (64 operating, 1,072 MW) and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Hill grid connection | Grid connection | 51 MW | Planned | 6.0 km |
| Dunbar Grid Substation - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 6.1 km |
| Crystal Rig Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 62.5 MW | Operating | 6.7 km |
| Pure Malt Products AD | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 6.9 km |
| Springfield - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 165 MW | Planned | 7.4 km |
| Harperdean Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 7.9 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near East Linton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.27 ha brownfield site at Dunbar Road East Linton East Lothian1.35 km · score 12
- 14 ha brownfield site at East Fortune Hospital East Fortune East Lothian4.0 km · score 5
- 3.35 ha brownfield site at Land South of B1377 East Fortune East Lothian4.17 km · score 2
- 1.24 ha brownfield site at Papple STEADINGF Morham Gifford East Lothian4.34 km · score 2
Other substations in Scotland
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.