Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kelvin Substation
Kelvin Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.8 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 | KELVIN | 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 | 14.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.7491, -4.1725 | 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: 508 power plants (118 operating, 3,351 MW), 289 grid connections (149 operating, 1,772 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGS Langlands Gate BESS Phase 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 14 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Langlands Gate, East Kilbride - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 30 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Kelvin South Business Park, Hurlawcrook Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| Rigmuir Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Dunns Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 22.8 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Neilson Biogas Park Farm AD | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 2.8 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Kelvin have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 10 ha brownfield site at Singer Road East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire0.5 km · score 39
- 14 ha brownfield site at Langlands West East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire0.82 km · score 35
- 2.01 ha brownfield site at 2 Colvilles Road East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire0.78 km · score 33
- 11 ha brownfield site at Langlands West East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire1.13 km · score 30
Other substations in Scotland
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.