Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
New Cumnock Substation
New Cumnock Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.76 MVA of demand 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 | NEW CUMNOCK | 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 | 7.76 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 | 55.3777, -4.2166 | 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: 362 power plants (80 operating, 3,751 MW), 128 grid connections (69 operating, 839 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmark Hill Wind Farm | Power plant | 21 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Knockshinnoch Wind Farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Pencloe Wind Farm | Power plant | 81 MW | Under construction | 2.0 km |
| Harehill Extn Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 29.8 MW | Operating | 6.1 km |
| Harehill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 19.6 MW | Operating | 6.1 km |
| Garlaff Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4.6 MW | Operating | 8.0 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 45 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 New Cumnock have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.17 ha brownfield site at Burnfoot Burnside, East Ayrshire0.73 km · score 27
- 3.2 ha brownfield site at Bank House New Cumnock, East Ayrshire1.16 km · score 20
- 3.41 ha brownfield site at Knochshinnoch Leggate New Cumnock, East Ayrshire1.52 km · score 15
- 12 ha brownfield site at Afton New Cumnock, East Ayrshire1.88 km · score 12
- 2.7 ha brownfield site at Polquhirter Cott New Cumnock, East Ayrshire3.82 km · score 8
- 2.5 ha brownfield site at Craighouse New Cumnock, East Ayrshire4.74 km · score 8
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.