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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Kirkintilloch Substation

Kirkintilloch Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.14 MVA of demand headroom and 15.2 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Kirkintilloch lies
55.9375, -4.1530 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 sourceKIRKINTILLOCHSP 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 headroom7.14 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom15.2 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21 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
Coordinates55.9375, -4.1530SP 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: 462 power plants (118 operating, 2,688 MW), 307 grid connections (161 operating, 2,037 MW) and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Kelvin Meadows Solar grid connectionGrid connection10.1 MWPlanned0.8 km
Balmore WTW Extension grid connectionGrid connection2.67 MWPlanned5.1 km
Balmore WTW grid connectionGrid connection5.15 MWOperating5.1 km
Caledonian Solar ParkPower plant18.4 MWCancelled7.3 km
Summerston LandfillPower plant2.8 MWOperating7.6 km
KilgarthPower plant1 MWClosed9.0 km
DataVita DV2Data center——11 km
Verizon Glasgow GLSGGBData center——11 km
iomart Glasgow Data CentreData center——13 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

More from SP Distribution plc

Candidate sites around this substation

3 sites of land near Kirkintilloch have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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