Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Eastercraigs Substation
Eastercraigs Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.41 MVA of demand headroom and 23.3 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 | EASTERCRAIGS | 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 | 9.41 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 23.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8634, -4.2086 | 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: 459 power plants (115 operating, 2,766 MW), 299 grid connections (155 operating, 1,797 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsden BESS (Cleddans Farm) grid connection | Grid connection | 71.9 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Provan Gas Works BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Royal Infirmary CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.6 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 2.9 km |
| Downiebrae Road, Rutherglen - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 2.9 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.9 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
8 sites of land near Eastercraigs have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.14 ha brownfield site at Corsock Street/ Appin Road/ Todd Street, Glasgow City0.57 km · score 31
- 1.48 ha brownfield site at Duke Street / Netherhouse St, Glasgow City0.61 km · score 30
- 2.2 ha brownfield site at 694 Duke Street/ South of the Railway Line., Glasgow City0.72 km · score 29
- 1.61 ha brownfield site at West of No 83 Todd Street., Glasgow City0.74 km · score 28
- 2.04 ha brownfield site at Carntyne Road Todd St, Glasgow City0.92 km · score 26
- 2.14 ha brownfield site at West of DEE St, Glasgow City0.96 km · score 25
- 1.57 ha brownfield site at South of 10 Castlelaw St, Glasgow City0.96 km · score 25
- 1.62 ha brownfield site at Myreside St Penicuik Way, Glasgow City1.07 km · score 23
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.