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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Newhouse Substation

Newhouse Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.53 MVA of demand headroom and 22.5 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Newhouse lies
55.8307, -3.9317 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 sourceNEWHOUSESP 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 headroom5.53 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom22.5 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21 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
Coordinates55.8307, -3.9317SP 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: 455 power plants (110 operating, 3,180 MW), 299 grid connections (156 operating, 1,748 MW) and 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Biggar Road, Cleland - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant30 MWPermitted0.2 km
Greenside Farm grid connectionGrid connection30 MWPlanned0.2 km
Brakes, Edinburgh Road - Solar PanelsPower plant1.35 MWCancelled0.3 km
Newarthill Energy ParkPower plant300 MWPermitted0.7 km
AGS Newhouse BESS grid connectionGrid connection30 MWPlanned0.7 km
DataVita DV1Data center——1.4 km
Damhead Farm Wind Turbine grid connectionGrid connection2 MWOperating2.7 km
Asanti HamiltonData center——12 km
DataVita DV2Data center——21 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Newhouse has 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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