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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Nethertown Substation

Nethertown Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.5 MVA of demand headroom and 26.6 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Nethertown lies
56.0664, -3.4578 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 sourceNETHERTOWNSP 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 headroom13.5 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom26.6 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
Coordinates56.0664, -3.4578SP 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: 386 power plants (109 operating, 1,437 MW), 251 grid connections (136 operating, 1,825 MW) and 10 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
FMC Tech Wind Turbine grid connectionGrid connection1.6 MWOperating1.3 km
FMC TechnologiesPower plant1.5 MWOperating1.3 km
F M C Land, Pitreavie Business ParkPower plant1.5 MWOperating1.6 km
Colton Farm (Dunfermline Solar PV & BESS) grid connectionGrid connection62.8 MWOperating3.5 km
Lochhead Landfill CHPPower plant1.7 MWOperating3.6 km
Lochhead Landfill grid connectionGrid connection2.3 MWOperating3.8 km
Edinburgh SC-3Data center——16 km
Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1Data center——18 km
Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1Data center——18 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Nethertown have 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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