Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
East Mains Substation
East Mains Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 16.9 MVA of demand headroom and 13.8 MVA of generation 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 MAINS | 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 | 16.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 13.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.9369, -3.4503 | 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: 436 power plants (120 operating, 2,143 MW), 293 grid connections (158 operating, 2,029 MW) and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Mains Generating Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Learielaw Farm, Learielaw - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Broxburn | Power plant | 20 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Broxburn Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 27.5 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Almondell BESS (Broxburn BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 61.5 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Brewster Brothers, Drumshoreland Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.7 MW | Permitted | 2.8 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near East Mains have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.19 ha brownfield site at East Mains Indutrial Estate Broxburn, West Lothian0.58 km · score 38
- 5.9 ha brownfield site at Greendykes Road Broxburn, West Lothian1.04 km · score 32
- 11 ha brownfield site at Craigton Philpstoun, West Lothian4.81 km · score 19
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.