Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Greenfaulds Substation
Greenfaulds Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.1 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 | GREENFAULDS | 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 | 13.1 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 | 55.9379, -3.9893 | 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: 445 power plants (116 operating, 2,753 MW), 300 grid connections (158 operating, 1,869 MW) and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbrain Industrial Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 19.9 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Glenhove Pumping Station, Glenhove Road - BESS | Power plant | 3.1 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Glenhove Pumping Station, Glenhove Road - Solar Array | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Wardpark Alpha GE grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Wardpark Bravo GE grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Energen biogas Cumbernauld | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 19 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 Greenfaulds have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.98 ha brownfield site at B8039 Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire0.52 km · score 35
- 5.72 ha brownfield site at Greengairs Road Wattston, North Lanarkshire4.0 km · score 13
- 1.28 ha brownfield site at Hillside Place Greengairs, North Lanarkshire3.94 km · score 13
Other substations in Scotland
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.