Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Helen Street Substation
Helen Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.8 MVA of demand headroom and 22.6 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 | HELEN STREET | 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 | 13.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 22.6 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 | 55.8551, -4.3162 | 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: 437 power plants (111 operating, 2,695 MW), 281 grid connections (146 operating, 1,631 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Street BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Govan Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Broomloan Road grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Broomloan Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.4 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.1 km |
| South Clyde Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| South Clyde Energy Centre | Power plant | 45 MW | Under construction | 2.5 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Helen Street have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.31 ha brownfield site at Arthurlie Street Aboyne Street/ MacGregor STR, Glasgow City0.2 km · score 41
- 2.17 ha brownfield site at South of Edmiston Drive, Glasgow City0.34 km · score 39
- 2.55 ha brownfield site at Broomloan Road, Glasgow City0.71 km · score 33
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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.