Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Milton Substation
Milton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14.1 MVA of demand headroom and 17.5 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 | MILTON | 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 | 14.1 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 17.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.9030, -4.2553 | 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: 441 power plants (111 operating, 2,656 MW), 292 grid connections (154 operating, 1,923 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonian Solar Park | Power plant | 18.4 MW | Cancelled | 0.8 km |
| Lochfauld Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 18.4 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Summerston Landfill | Power plant | 2.8 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Summerston Landfill 1 & 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Kilmair Place grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 4.4 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 5.0 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Milton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.38 ha brownfield site at OPP No 112-132 Strathmore Road., Glasgow City0.31 km · score 39
- 3.74 ha brownfield site at North of 118-154 Liddesdale Road., Glasgow City0.52 km · score 36
- 3.02 ha brownfield site at Stornoway Street Shapinsay Street, Glasgow City0.67 km · score 34
- 1.1 ha brownfield site at 256 Liddesdale Road, Glasgow City0.66 km · score 34
- 2.81 ha brownfield site at Egilsay St Shapinsay St Vallay St, Glasgow City0.83 km · score 32
- 2 ha brownfield site at Liddlesdale Road Scalpay Street/ Liddlesdale P, Glasgow City0.8 km · score 32
- 9.91 ha brownfield site at S of 6 Vaila PL., Glasgow City1.13 km · score 29
- 3.19 ha brownfield site at S of 91 Hillend Road, Glasgow City1.09 km · score 28
- 3.85 ha brownfield site at Ronaldsay Street Liddlesdale SQ., Glasgow City1.11 km · score 27
- 1.96 ha brownfield site at South of Hillend Road/West of S.R.C. Water, Glasgow City1.24 km · score 25
- 3.24 ha brownfield site at Ashgill Road, Glasgow City1.34 km · score 24
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.