Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmacolm Substation
Kilmacolm Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.87 MVA of demand headroom and 11 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 | KILMACOLM | 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 | 5.87 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 11 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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 | 55.8984, -4.6204 | 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: 306 power plants (78 operating, 1,739 MW), 212 grid connections (110 operating, 1,265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priestside Farm | Power plant | 1.8 MW | Cancelled | 3.9 km |
| Priestside Farm Wind Turbine grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 700 MW | Cancelled | 4.6 km |
| Houston Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 75 MW | Permitted | 5.6 km |
| Ardgowan Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 23.8 MW | Planned | 5.6 km |
| Harelaw Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 5.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.