Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Lethanhill Substation
Lethanhill Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.5 MVA of demand headroom and 24.9 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 | LETHANHILL | 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 | 13.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 16.9 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 | 55.3639, -4.4896 | 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: 344 power plants (76 operating, 3,384 MW) and 113 grid connections (64 operating, 821 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockkippen Wind, Solar & Battery Farm | Power plant | 60 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Knockkippen Wind, Solar & Battery Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Knockkippen Wind, Solar & Battery Farm | Power plant | 16 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Knockippen Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 90.3 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Lochfergus Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.3 MW | Planned | 9.0 km |
| McQuittiston Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 29.9 MW | Planned | 10 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Lethanhill have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.19 ha brownfield site at AYR Road Patna, East Ayrshire0.62 km · score 34
- 1.34 ha brownfield site at Carskeoch Patna, East Ayrshire0.94 km · score 29
- 24 ha brownfield site at Littlemill Coll. Rankiston, East Ayrshire4.56 km · score 19
- 13 ha brownfield site at Dalmellington RD Waterside, East Ayrshire2.79 km · score 16
- 6.72 ha brownfield site at Waterside Waterside, East Ayrshire2.57 km · score 14
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.