Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Linthouse Substation
Linthouse Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.63 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 | LINTHOUSE | 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 | 1.63 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8638, -4.3322 | 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: 434 power plants (109 operating, 2,592 MW), 280 grid connections (147 operating, 1,741 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Clyde Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Glasgow BESS (South Street BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| South Clyde Energy Centre | Power plant | 45 MW | Under construction | 1.4 km |
| Broomloan Road grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Broomloan Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Energy Recovery Facility South Street | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Linthouse have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 9.22 ha brownfield site at East of Holmfauld Road Linthouse, Glasgow City0.58 km · score 24
- 1.65 ha brownfield site at 110-140 Hardgate Road, Glasgow City0.82 km · score 19
- 1.96 ha brownfield site at West of 337BOGMOOR Road N of Hillington IND Est., Glasgow City1.23 km · score 13
- 1.8 ha brownfield site at S of F.P. Place/ East of Fifty Pitches Road, Glasgow City1.21 km · score 13
- 2.5 ha brownfield site at N of Hepburn RD, Glasgow City1.35 km · score 11
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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.