Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Grassyards Substation
Grassyards Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10.8 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 | GRASSYARDS | 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 | 10.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.6144, -4.4833 | 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: 429 power plants (98 operating, 3,263 MW), 215 grid connections (106 operating, 1,094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmquarry Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 60.4 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Holmquarry Road grid connection | Grid connection | 60.8 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Inchbean Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 3.8 km |
| Kilmarnock South Substation - Battery storage | Power plant | 300 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 60 MW | Permitted | 4.7 km |
| Sneddon Law Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Operating | 6.6 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.