Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Gartarry Substation
Gartarry Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.92 MVA of demand headroom and 7.47 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 | GARTARRY | 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 | 3.92 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 7.47 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 | 56.0988, -3.7168 | 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: 391 power plants (105 operating, 1,348 MW), 293 grid connections (158 operating, 1,957 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kincardine Battery Storage | Power plant | 342 MW | Permitted | 2.2 km |
| Kincardine Grid Services Complex - Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 400 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| Forthbank | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 3.5 km |
| Balhearty PV Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.99 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| West Grange Solar Farm (Resubmission) grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Alloa Glass BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 7.9 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 32 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 Gartarry have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 19 ha brownfield site at Countryside Kilbagie, Clackmannanshire0.86 km · score 25
- 4.44 ha brownfield site at Countryside, Clackmannanshire1.7 km · score 8
- 5.28 ha brownfield site at Blairhall, Fife4.7 km · score 4
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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.