Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Markethill Substation
Markethill Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.4 MVA of demand headroom and 26.7 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 | MARKETHILL | 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 | 13.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.7752, -4.1819 | 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: 491 power plants (117 operating, 3,062 MW), 292 grid connections (151 operating, 1,775 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogerton Cottage (Rogerton Avenue BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Cathkin BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 61.5 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Nerston 2 BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 55 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 55 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| South Cathkin Landfill Site | Power plant | 7.4 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Highflat Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 19.9 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 5.1 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Markethill has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 4.25 ha brownfield site at Law Place East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire0.71 km · score 33
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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.