Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Gauze Road Substation
Gauze Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 16.5 MVA of demand headroom and 13.9 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 | GAUZE ROAD | 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 | 16.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 13.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 56.0096, -3.6007 | 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: 423 power plants (115 operating, 1,695 MW), 309 grid connections (165 operating, 2,029 MW) and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinneil Kerse Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar PV Array | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Permitted | 4.0 km |
| Avondale Bio Power grid connection | Grid connection | 29.9 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Abercorn CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Avondale Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Avondale Quarry (Pilot) | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 5.1 km |
| Land To The East Of Wholeflats Road (Grangemouth) | Power plant | 20 MW | Cancelled | 6.2 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Gauze Road has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.75 ha brownfield site at Bomains IND EST BO'ness BO'ness, Falkirk0.63 km · score 37
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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.