Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Girvan Substation
Girvan Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12 MVA of demand headroom and 6.86 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 | GIRVAN | 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 | 12 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 6.86 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 | 55.2639, -4.8242 | 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: 199 power plants (38 operating, 1,858 MW) and 57 grid connections (35 operating, 448 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girvan Distillery, Main Street - Anaerobic Digestion Facility | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 0.4 km |
| Grants Girvan B grid connection | Grid connection | 5.98 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Grants Girvan A grid connection | Grid connection | 9.32 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Girvan Distillery, Bridge Mill Girvan - Anaerobic Digestion Extension | Power plant | 10 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| Chilton Bros Biomass Plant | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Biomass 2.6 MW grid connection at Girvan (11kV) | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Girvan has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.15 ha brownfield site at Vicarton Street Girvan, South Ayrshire2.58 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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.