Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Erskine Substation
Erskine Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 21.4 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 | ERSKINE | 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 | 21.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 41.7 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 | 55.9038, -4.4603 | 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: 362 power plants (92 operating, 2,198 MW), 251 grid connections (130 operating, 1,477 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shilton Lane BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Old Greenock Road (Erskine BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 32 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Nether Southbar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Land off Shilton Lane | Power plant | 19 MW | Cancelled | 1.4 km |
| Land SW of Shilton Cottage | Power plant | 29.9 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Vale of Leven Wind Farm | Power plant | 70 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 13 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 Erskine have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.67 ha brownfield site at Erskine Harbour Erskine, Renfrewshire1.18 km · score 34
- 43 ha brownfield site at Former Royal Ordnance Bishopton, Renfrewshire3.38 km · score 33
- 14 ha brownfield site at Erskine Ferry RD Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire1.6 km · score 30
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.