Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Hamilton Substation
Hamilton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.97 MVA of demand headroom and 24.5 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 | HAMILTON | 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 | 6.97 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.7773, -4.0490 | 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: 496 power plants (122 operating, 3,444 MW), 298 grid connections (156 operating, 1,819 MW) and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistleberry Road, Hamilton | Power plant | 18 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Sheriff Faulds Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 58.8 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| Cornhills Farm, Muttonhole Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 4.0 km |
| Gilbertfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Malcolmwood Farm, Loanend Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.5 MW | Planned | 4.3 km |
| Blantyre Muir Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 12.3 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Hamilton has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 4.44 ha brownfield site at Almada Street Hamilton, South Lanarkshire0.56 km · score 29
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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.