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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Kirkbank Substation

Kirkbank Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.34 MVA of demand headroom and 10.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Kirkbank lies
55.1983, -3.4223 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceKIRKBANKSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationScotlandSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom5.34 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom10.5 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity7.5 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.1983, -3.4223SP 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: 196 power plants (46 operating, 1,710 MW), 72 grid connections (38 operating, 729 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Harestanes West WindfarmPower plant84 MWPlanned5.4 km
Steven's CroftPower plant46 MWOperating5.7 km
Steven's Croft Biomass grid connectionGrid connection45 MWOperating5.7 km
Stevens CroftPower plant50.4 MWOperating5.7 km
Erkeksi Power Station (Milton Farm) grid connectionGrid connection49.8 MWPlanned8.1 km
Minsca Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection36.8 MWOperating9.5 km
Cross Border Connection (England)Transmission line—Planned41 km

Grid operator and place

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