Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Levenbank Substation
Levenbank Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.11 MVA of demand headroom and 12.1 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 | LEVENBANK | 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 | 1.11 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 12.1 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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 | 56.1960, -3.0084 | 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: 320 power plants (85 operating, 3,243 MW), 195 grid connections (95 operating, 1,535 MW) and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diageo Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Fife Energy Park Wind Turbine Test Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Banbeath Industrial Estate Solar Array | Power plant | 4.19 MW | Under construction | 1.1 km |
| Wester Durie Farm | Power plant | 2.3 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| Duniface Farm Gas Generation (Leven Gas) grid connection | Grid connection | 20.7 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Duniface Gas Peaking Plant - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Levenbank have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 4.72 ha brownfield site at Methil Brae Methil, Fife0.42 km · score 25
- 1.52 ha brownfield site at Windygates Road Leven, Fife0.62 km · score 22
- 1.37 ha brownfield site at Montogomery Drive Leven, Fife0.58 km · score 22
- 4.48 ha brownfield site at Land West of Methil Brae Methil, Fife0.93 km · score 17
- 4.41 ha brownfield site at Methil, Fife0.92 km · score 17
- 4.93 ha brownfield site at Methil, Fife1.38 km · score 10
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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.