Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilbirnie Substation
Kilbirnie Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11.5 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 | KILBIRNIE | 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 | 11.5 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 | 55.7407, -4.6882 | 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: 317 power plants (62 operating, 1,700 MW), 188 grid connections (88 operating, 929 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterston | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Bridgend Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Swinlees Wind Farm | Power plant | 25.6 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Barkip Anaerobic Digestor (Waste AD) | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Roche CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 16.5 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| DSM-Firmenich grid connection | Grid connection | 25.6 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
12 sites of land near Kilbirnie have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 7.2 ha brownfield site at Railway Embankment Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire0.26 km · score 38
- 1.68 ha brownfield site at Grahamston Avenue Glengarnock Beith, North Ayrshire0.58 km · score 33
- 30 ha brownfield site at Lochshore North Glengarnock, North Ayrshire1.22 km · score 31
- 1.17 ha brownfield site at Lochshore East Glengarnock, North Ayrshire0.88 km · score 28
- 2.25 ha brownfield site at Former Steel Works Glengarnock, North Ayrshire1.09 km · score 25
- 18 ha brownfield site at Lochshore North Glengarnock, North Ayrshire1.67 km · score 20
- 2.52 ha brownfield site at Caledonia Road Glengarnock, North Ayrshire1.51 km · score 19
- 14 ha brownfield site at Lochshore North Glengarnock, North Ayrshire1.99 km · score 14
- 2.84 ha brownfield site at New Street/Bridgend Dalry, North Ayrshire3.77 km · score 12
- 1.97 ha brownfield site at Muirend Street Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire2.1 km · score 12
- 1.39 ha brownfield site at Bowertrapping Farm Dalry, North Ayrshire3.59 km · score 12
- 1.33 ha brownfield site at Blair Road Dalry, North Ayrshire3.74 km · score 12
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.