Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Airport Substation
Edinburgh Airport Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.48 MVA of demand headroom and 11.7 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 | EDINBURGH AIRPORT | 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 | 3.48 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 11.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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 | 55.9434, -3.3540 | 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: 396 power plants (108 operating, 1,585 MW), 247 grid connections (139 operating, 1,849 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cic, G83, International Business Gateway, Glasgow Road, Ingl grid connection | Grid connection | 4.65 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Edinburgh Airport Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 9.2 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm | Power plant | 9 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| RBS Gogarburn grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Newbridge - Ground mounted solar Pv panels | Power plant | 1.02 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| Chariot Drive, Newbridge Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.22 MW | Cancelled | 3.0 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Edinburgh Airport have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
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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.