Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Gretna Substation
Gretna Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15.6 MVA of demand headroom and 26.1 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 | GRETNA | 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 | 15.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.1 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 | 54.9898, -3.0692 | 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: 140 power plants (44 operating, 911 MW), 97 grid connections (50 operating, 680 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Burn Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 31.1 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Beck Burn | Power plant | 31 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| West Scales Energy Park | Power plant | 24.8 MW | Planned | 4.0 km |
| West Scales Energy Park | Power plant | 12 MW | Planned | 4.0 km |
| Burnfoot Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| Hespin Wood Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.33 MW | Operating | 6.1 km |
| Cross Border Connection (England) | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Gretna has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.16 ha brownfield site at EASTRIGGS Annan, Dumfries and Galloway3.25 km · score 16
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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 Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.