Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilsyth Substation
Kilsyth Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10.6 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 | KILSYTH | 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 | 10.6 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 | 55.9726, -4.0476 | 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: 424 power plants (109 operating, 2,281 MW), 291 grid connections (153 operating, 1,758 MW) and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenhead Farm Lower Solar Array | Power plant | 4.1 MW | Cancelled | 2.4 km |
| Glenhead Farm Lower Solar Array grid connection | Grid connection | 4.1 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Berryhill Farm Solar Array | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Cancelled | 2.9 km |
| Berryhill Farm Solar Array grid connection | Grid connection | 4.8 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Glenhead Farm (Upper) | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 3.2 km |
| Glenhead Farm (Upper) grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
More from SP Distribution plc
- Abbeylands Roadsubstation
- Abronhillsubstation
- Airdriesubstation
- Allanbanksubstation
- Almondvalesubstation
- Annansubstation
- Anstruthersubstation
- Archerhill Roadsubstation
Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Kilsyth have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.52 ha brownfield site at Garrell Road Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire0.98 km · score 26
- 1.42 ha brownfield site at Stirling Road Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire1.14 km · score 24
- 1.85 ha brownfield site at Constarry Road Croy, North Lanarkshire1.25 km · score 22
- 1.35 ha brownfield site at Constarry Road Croy, North Lanarkshire1.24 km · score 22
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.