Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Methilhill Substation
Methilhill Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.52 MVA of demand headroom and 3.46 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 | METHILHILL | 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 | 3.52 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 3.46 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 | 56.1862, -3.0441 | 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: 316 power plants (82 operating, 2,781 MW), 196 grid connections (94 operating, 1,534 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diageo Biomass Energy Project | Power plant | 5.5 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Cameron Bridge Distillery CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 7.11 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Duniface Gas Peaking Plant - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Duniface Farm Gas Generation (Leven Gas) grid connection | Grid connection | 20.7 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Leven BESS Extension 29.9MW grid connection | Grid connection | 39.5 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Banbeath Industrial Estate Solar Array | Power plant | 4.19 MW | Under construction | 2.0 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Methilhill have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.61 ha brownfield site at Muiredge IE Buckhaven, Fife0.92 km · score 20
- 2.72 ha brownfield site at Sea Road Methil, Fife1.29 km · score 14
- 18 ha brownfield site at Methil, Fife1.76 km · score 11
- 3 ha brownfield site at Rising Sun Road Buckhaven, Fife1.79 km · score 7
- 12 ha brownfield site at Standing Stanes Road by Kirkcaldy, Fife2.1 km · score 6
- 5.28 ha brownfield site at Rising Sun Road Buckhaven, Fife1.82 km · score 6
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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.