Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Killoch Colliery Substation
Killoch Colliery Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 8.31 MVA of demand headroom and 27.2 MVA of generation 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 | KILLOCH COLLIERY | 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 | 8.31 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 27.2 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.4555, -4.4013 | 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: 394 power plants (84 operating, 3,248 MW), 182 grid connections (92 operating, 960 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killoch Depot, Killoch Colliery - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| Barr Killoch Energy Recovery Park | Power plant | 12 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Coylton Substation, Coylton - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Under construction | 1.8 km |
| Knockshinnoch Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 16.4 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| McQuittiston Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 29.9 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Garlaff Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 6.9 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Killoch Colliery 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 ha brownfield site at Polquhairn Coll Sinclairston, East Ayrshire4.64 km · score 9
- 3.6 ha brownfield site at Burnock Mine Ochiltree, East Ayrshire3.64 km · score 8
- 1.01 ha brownfield site at Littlemill Road Drongan, East Ayrshire3.82 km · score 8
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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.
- © 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.