Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Lochside Substation
Lochside Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.11 MVA of demand headroom and 10.7 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 | LOCHSIDE | 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 | 7.11 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 10.7 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 | 55.0860, -3.6371 | 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: 211 power plants (57 operating, 2,294 MW) and 83 grid connections (49 operating, 772 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harestanes South Windfarm Extension | Power plant | 45 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Kellwood Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Kellwood BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 40.1 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Mosspark Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 70 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| Locharmoss Solar PV and BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 9.96 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Dargavel | Power plant | 7.2 MW | Closed | 6.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Lochside have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.33 ha brownfield site at Glasgow Road Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway0.33 km · score 32
- 7.51 ha brownfield site at Lochside Road Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway0.49 km · score 31
- 3.28 ha brownfield site at Dumfries Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway0.81 km · score 25
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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.