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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Kelty Substation

Kelty Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.38 MVA of demand headroom and 12.2 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Kelty lies
56.1380, -3.3621 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceKELTYSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationScotlandSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom1.38 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom12.2 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity10 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates56.1380, -3.3621SP 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: 391 power plants (105 operating, 1,427 MW), 256 grid connections (134 operating, 1,961 MW) and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
EPR Scotland LtdPower plant12.5 MWOperating3.8 km
Westfield Biomass Power StationPower plant12.5 MWOperating3.8 km
Cuddyhouse RoadPower plant1.5 MWCancelled4.3 km
Westfield Wind Farm grid connectionGrid connection10 MWOperating4.4 km
Westfield Generator (EPR Chicken Litter) grid connectionGrid connection11.5 MWOperating5.1 km
Westfield ERF grid connectionGrid connection25.1 MWOperating5.9 km
Edinburgh SC-3Data center——23 km
Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1Data center——24 km
Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1Data center——24 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Kelty have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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