Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kingsknowe Road North Substation
Kingsknowe Road North Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.9 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 | KINGSKNOWE ROAD NORTH | 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 | 12.9 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 | 55.9250, -3.2594 | 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: 393 power plants (109 operating, 2,132 MW), 232 grid connections (130 operating, 1,845 MW) and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group data center, Scotland | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Macfarlan Smith CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2.03 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Planned | 3.9 km |
| Cic, G98, Cammo, Edinburgh Cala grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| RBS Gogarburn grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm | Power plant | 9 MW | Cancelled | 6.9 km |
| Existing Kaimes Substation, Old Burdiehouse Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 7.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Kingsknowe Road North has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
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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.