Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Lugton Substation
Lugton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.81 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 | LUGTON | 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 | 6.81 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.8962, -3.0720 | 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: 325 power plants (92 operating, 3,047 MW), 174 grid connections (101 operating, 1,637 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Melville Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Salters Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.4 km |
| Drummond Moor Landfill | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Gilmerton 50MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 56 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Smeaton Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 228 MW | Permitted | 3.2 km |
| Millerhill EfW grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Lugton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.05 ha brownfield site at Industrial Estate Dalkeith, Midlothian1.85 km · score 9
- 1.26 ha brownfield site at Dalkeith, Midlothian2.13 km · score 7
- 1.04 ha brownfield site at Dalkeith, Midlothian2.28 km · score 7
Other substations in Scotland
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.