Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
High Mains Milton Substation
High Mains Milton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.98 MVA of demand headroom and 6.24 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 | HIGH MAINS MILTON | 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 | 3.98 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 6.24 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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, -4.5358 | 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: 331 power plants (88 operating, 1,946 MW), 233 grid connections (121 operating, 1,391 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggreko, Stirling Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 8.8 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Land SW of Shilton Cottage | Power plant | 29.9 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
| Aggreko Test Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Land off Shilton Lane | Power plant | 19 MW | Cancelled | 4.7 km |
| Old Greenock Road (Erskine BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 32 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Erskine Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 19.9 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near High Mains Milton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 5.82 ha brownfield site at Glasgow Road Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire0.09 km · score 33
- 1.69 ha brownfield site at Castlegreen Street Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire0.79 km · score 22
- 2.18 ha brownfield site at Castlegreen Street Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire0.94 km · score 20
- 34 ha brownfield site at Dumbarton Road Bowling, West Dunbartonshire2.07 km · score 13
- 3.07 ha brownfield site at Bowling Harbour Bowling, West Dunbartonshire2.97 km · score 4
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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.