Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kingsland Substation
Kingsland Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 0.89 MVA of demand headroom and 12.3 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 | KINGSLAND | 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 | 0.89 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 12.3 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 | 55.6592, -3.1953 | 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: 299 power plants (73 operating, 2,137 MW), 133 grid connections (73 operating, 892 MW) and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leithenwater Wind Energy Hub - Wind Farm | Power plant | 85.8 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Leithenwater Wind Energy Hub - Wind Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Leithenwater Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 78.6 MW | Planned | 5.6 km |
| Kilrubie Wind Farm | Power plant | 21 MW | Cancelled | 7.6 km |
| Bowbeat Windfarm (Emly Bank) grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 8.0 km |
| Bowbeat Wind Energy Hub grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Kingsland has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.26 ha brownfield site at March Street Peebles, Scottish Borders0.34 km · score 26
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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.