Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Keith Primary

Keith Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.42 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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	6.42 MVA	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	0 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	Keith 2 GSP	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (offtake)	None (green on the heat map)	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Congestion (feed-in)	Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity)	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	57.5403, -2.9383	SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 175 power plants (58 operating, 1,740 MW) and 101 grid connections (46 operating, 525 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
Electricity Substation, Westerton Road - Battery Storage	Power plant	49.9 MW	Permitted	0.4 km
49.5MW - Battery grid connection	Grid connection	49.5 MW	Planned	0.6 km
Gibson Farm, Blackhillock - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	349 MW	Permitted	0.8 km
Drum Farm - Battery Energy Storage System	Power plant	49.9 MW	Permitted	0.8 km
Keith BESS grid connection	Grid connection	55 MW	Planned	0.9 km
Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection	Grid connection	50 MW	Planned	2.6 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

49.5MW - Battery grid connection49.5 MW
Blackmuir 2 BESS grid connection49.5 MW
Blackmuir BESS grid connection49.5 MW
Davidson Farm PV and BESS grid connection45.1 MW
Davidson Farm PV and BESS grid connection45.1 MW
Hill of Towie 2 Wind Farm grid connection36 MW
Keith BESS grid connection55 MW
Lurg Hill Wind Generating Station grid connection15 MW
Dummuie Windfarm grid connection11.6 MW
Lurghill Wind grid connection2.4 MW
Muirake Windfarm grid connection4.37 MW
Generating Station grid connection7.6 MW
Netherton of Windyhills grid connection4.37 MW
Advanced Fuel Gasification OR Pyrolysis 9.899 MW grid connection at Keith Grid9.9 MW
Cairnborrow grid connection9.49 MW
Edintore Intertrip grid connection13.4 MW
North Cranna Farm grid connection5.7 MW
Wind 4.465 MW grid connection at Keith Grid4.47 MW
Cashlie Export CVA grid connection11.1 MW
Hill of Towie Wind Farm Export CVA grid connection48.3 MW
Newtack Farm BESS grid connection50 MW
Riverside Bungalow Farm BESS grid connection50 MW
Seggiecrook Farm BESS and Solar grid connection126 MW

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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.
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