Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Elgin Primary Substation

Elgin Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.2 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.

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
LocationScotlandSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorScottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plcSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom7.2 MVASSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom0 MWSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Transformers2 x 10MVASSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed fromElgin GSPSSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)None (green on the heat map)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates57.6649, -3.3215SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 119 power plants (36 operating, 2,545 MW) and 62 grid connections (24 operating, 426 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Elgin BESS Storage grid connectionGrid connection30 MWPlanned0.6 km
Bishopmill - Battery Energy StoragePower plant30 MWPermitted1.1 km
Loanhead Farm - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant49.9 MWPlanned3.0 km
Loanhead Farm grid connectionGrid connection52.7 MWPlanned3.1 km
Elgin BESS Farm grid connectionGrid connection105 MWPlanned3.7 km
Hill of Towie (Drummuir)Power plant48 MWOperating4.6 km

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