Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Inverlochy Primary Substation
Inverlochy Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 12.2 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scotland | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 0 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 12.2 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 7.5 / 15MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Fort William GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace both transformers with 15 / 30MVA units (due Sep 2028) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & upstream thermal capacity & upstream voltage constraint) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.8281, -5.0884 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 82 power plants (36 operating, 1,208 MW) and 37 grid connections (30 operating, 243 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort William Tail Race | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 0.7 km |
| Derrydarroch | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Lochaber Smelter grid connection | Grid connection | 2.71 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Lochaber | Power plant | 65 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Hydro 1.1 MW grid connection at Inverlochy | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Muccomer Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 1.71 MW | Operating | 11 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Inverlochy Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.11 ha brownfield site at A82(T) Fort William, Highland0.18 km · score 27
- 1.54 ha brownfield site at Fort William, Highland0.6 km · score 21
- 1 ha brownfield site at Fort William, Highland0.87 km · score 17
- 1.3 ha brownfield site at Aluminium Works Fort William, Highland1.1 km · score 13
- 1.98 ha brownfield site at Aluminium Works Fort William, Highland1.47 km · score 8
- 3.03 ha brownfield site at Lochyside Fort William, Highland1.91 km · score 1
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.