Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Maybole (Primary) Substation
Maybole (Primary) Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 2.65 MVA of demand headroom and 11.8 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 | MAYBOLE (PRIMARY) | 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 | 2.65 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 11.8 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 | 55.3531, -4.6931 | 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: 271 power plants (58 operating, 2,804 MW) and 80 grid connections (49 operating, 695 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craiginmoddie Wind Farm | Power plant | 92.4 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Knoweside Hill | Power plant | 19.5 MW | Cancelled | 4.4 km |
| Craigdow Hill Farm Wind and BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 74.3 MW | Planned | 4.9 km |
| Nethermains | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 5.6 km |
| Kirk Hill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 6.0 km |
| Lochfergus Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.3 MW | Planned | 13 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Maybole (Primary) have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.36 ha brownfield site at Gardenside Maybole, South Ayrshire0.53 km · score 25
- 2.97 ha brownfield site at Old School Alloway Road Maybole, South Ayrshire1.59 km · score 9
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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.