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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Menstrie Substation

Menstrie Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.63 MVA of demand headroom and 26.8 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Menstrie lies
56.1462, -3.8389 on OpenStreetMap

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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceMENSTRIESP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationScotlandSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom7.63 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom26.8 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity24 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates56.1462, -3.8389SP 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: 387 power plants (105 operating, 1,514 MW), 294 grid connections (156 operating, 1,986 MW) and 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Glenochil Yeast Factory grid connectionGrid connection1.96 MWPlanned0.3 km
Kerry Ingredients grid connectionGrid connection1.2 MWOperating0.3 km
Manor PowisPower plant5 MWCancelled3.2 km
Windburn Wind FarmPower plant65 MWPlanned3.5 km
Windburn Wind FarmPower plant35 MWPlanned3.5 km
Farm At Lower Polmaise grid connectionGrid connection5 MWPlanned3.8 km
DataVita DV1Data center——35 km
Edinburgh SC-3Data center——36 km
Sungard Availability ServicesData center——37 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Menstrie has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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