Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Lesmahagow Substation
Lesmahagow Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15.3 MVA of demand headroom and 10.2 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 | LESMAHAGOW | 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 | 15.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 10.2 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 | 55.6420, -3.8797 | 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: 478 power plants (114 operating, 3,965 MW), 253 grid connections (134 operating, 1,627 MW) and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands Wind Farm | Power plant | 2.6 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Woodlands Farm Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.4 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Woodlands Farm Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.4 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Ladehead Farm - Wind Turbines | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Ladehead Wind Cluster grid connection | Grid connection | 2.4 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Rogerhill Solar and Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 100 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Lesmahagow have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 9.19 ha brownfield site at Coalburn Road Coalburn, South Lanarkshire3.91 km · score 17
- 6.6 ha brownfield site at Coalburn Road Coalburn, South Lanarkshire4.37 km · score 16
- 3.27 ha brownfield site at Coalburn Road Coalburn, South Lanarkshire3.85 km · score 15
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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.