Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkton Substation
Kirkton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.4 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 | KIRKTON | 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 | 14.4 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 | 55.8902, -3.5345 | 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: 455 power plants (130 operating, 2,628 MW), 297 grid connections (159 operating, 1,962 MW) and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcross Battery Storage | Power plant | 30 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Shin Etsu CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 4.7 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Hartwood Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 21.6 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| The Wyman Gordon Facility, Nettlehill Road- Solar Farm | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| Nairn Road Alpha grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Nettlehill Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 2.8 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Edinburgh SC-2 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Kirkton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.35 ha brownfield site at Simpson Parkway Livingston, West Lothian0.78 km · score 33
- 4.7 ha brownfield site at Livingston, West Lothian1.28 km · score 25
- 3.3 ha brownfield site at Simpson Parkway / B7015 Livingston, West Lothian1.51 km · score 22
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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.