Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Falkirk Substation
Falkirk Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11.3 MVA of demand headroom and 22.6 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 | FALKIRK | 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 | 11.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 22.6 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 | 55.9945, -3.7860 | 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: 470 power plants (129 operating, 2,441 MW), 339 grid connections (179 operating, 2,234 MW) and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankside BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage | Power plant | 43 MW | Under construction | 2.3 km |
| Asda Grangemouth Depot | Power plant | 4 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| Abbotshaugh Reserve Power Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Greengairs Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 68 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| ASDA Distribution Centre | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 2.9 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Falkirk have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.28 ha brownfield site at Westburn Avenue Falkirk Falkirk0.57 km · score 33
- 7.15 ha brownfield site at Slamannan Rural, Falkirk4.54 km · score 12
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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.