Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Monkton Substation
Monkton Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.06 MVA of demand headroom and 24.6 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 | MONKTON | 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 | 6.06 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 24.6 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 | 55.5166, -4.5949 | 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: 381 power plants (82 operating, 3,032 MW), 184 grid connections (94 operating, 1,045 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATS Prestwick grid connection | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Pow Burn PV grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Glennon Generation (Adam Wilson and Sons) grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 6.4 km |
| Harbour Road | Power plant | 2.6 MW | Operating | 6.4 km |
| Holmston Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Under construction | 6.5 km |
| Belston Battery Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Permitted | 7.3 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Monkton have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.2 ha brownfield site at Former BAE Car Park Tarbolton Road Monkton, South Ayrshire0.36 km · score 31
- 1.27 ha brownfield site at Shaw Road Prestwick, South Ayrshire1.33 km · score 16
- 8.61 ha brownfield site at Monument Crescent Prestwick, South Ayrshire1.52 km · score 14
- 1.13 ha brownfield site at Glenburn House Glenburn Road Prestwick, South Ayrshire1.83 km · score 9
- 2.32 ha brownfield site at Shawfarm Road East Prestwick, South Ayrshire1.97 km · score 7
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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.