Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Hunter Street Substation
Hunter Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.83 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 | HUNTER 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 | 9.83 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.8590, -4.2334 | 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: 460 power plants (115 operating, 2,766 MW), 298 grid connections (155 operating, 1,797 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| University of Strathclyde CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 3.3 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Royal Infirmary CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Gevens Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.9 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (ACT) | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (Waste AD) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Hunter 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.
- 2.63 ha brownfield site at Bell Street Parsonage SQUARE, Glasgow City0.14 km · score 38
- 1.52 ha brownfield site at Bellgrove Street Grahams SQUARE/ Gallowgate, Glasgow City0.55 km · score 32
- 1.33 ha brownfield site at Belgrove Street/ Duke Street, Glasgow City0.58 km · score 31
- 1.44 ha brownfield site at Firpark Street Hanson Street Circus Drive, Glasgow City0.82 km · score 28
- 1.16 ha brownfield site at South of 195 Firpark Street., Glasgow City0.77 km · score 28
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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.