Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Newbridge Substation

Newbridge Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.2 MVA of demand headroom and 26.9 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

55.9340, -3.4140 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.

Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	NEWBRIDGE	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	12.2 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	26.9 MVA	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity	24 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	55.9340, -3.4140	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 418 power plants (114 operating, 1,891 MW), 265 grid connections (146 operating, 1,911 MW) and 11 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
Edinburgh SC-3	Data center	—	—	0.6 km
Chariot Drive, Newbridge Road - Solar Panels	Power plant	1.22 MW	Cancelled	0.9 km
Newbridge - Ground mounted solar Pv panels	Power plant	1.02 MW	Cancelled	2.0 km
East Mains Generating Plant grid connection	Grid connection	10 MW	Operating	2.4 km
Learielaw Farm, Learielaw - Battery Energy Storage	Power plant	100 MW	Permitted	2.7 km
Broxburn Energy Storage grid connection	Grid connection	27.5 MW	Operating	2.8 km
Almondell BESS (Broxburn BESS) grid connection	Grid connection	61.5 MW	Operating	3.4 km
Edinburgh SC-2	Data center	—	—	7.4 km
Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1	Data center	—	—	7.5 km

Grid operator and place

SP Distribution plcGrid operator
Substations in Scotland, United Kingdom843
Substations in the United Kingdom4,347
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Candidate sites around this substation

8 sites of land near Newbridge have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

1.03 ha brownfield site at Newbridge/Ratho Station, City of Edinburgh0.15 km · score 40
13 ha brownfield site at Newbridge IND EST Newbridge Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh0.45 km · score 38
2.88 ha brownfield site at Newbridge South Newbridge/Ratho Station, City of Edinburgh0.53 km · score 34
1.6 ha brownfield site at Cliftonhall Road Newbridge Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh0.63 km · score 33
1.31 ha brownfield site at Newbridge South Newbridge/Ratho Station, City of Edinburgh0.65 km · score 32
1.22 ha brownfield site at Newbridge, City of Edinburgh0.94 km · score 28
1.87 ha brownfield site at RATHO, City of Edinburgh2.1 km · score 12
1.73 ha brownfield site at Baird RD Ratho, City of Edinburgh2.2 km · score 12

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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.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.