Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Newton Street Substation
Newton Street Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 29 MVA of demand headroom and 42.8 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 | NEWTON STREET | 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 | 29 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 42.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 40 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 | 55.8571, -4.2698 | 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: 451 power plants (111 operating, 2,705 MW), 289 grid connections (150 operating, 1,658 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 0.1 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 0.6 km |
| William St Britoil. Gen1 grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| William St Britoil. Gen2 grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Gevens Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.9 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 2.4 km |
| Broomloan Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Govan Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Newton Street have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.55 ha brownfield site at Cheapside Street Warroch Street, Glasgow City0.23 km · score 56
- 1.35 ha brownfield site at 232-236 Broomie- Law/2 Anderston Quay., Glasgow City0.36 km · score 54
- 1.75 ha brownfield site at 97-103 Hydepark Street, Glasgow City0.37 km · score 53
- 4.14 ha brownfield site at Scotland Street/ Shields Road., Glasgow City0.75 km · score 48
- 1.75 ha brownfield site at 23 Cook Street, Glasgow City0.81 km · score 47
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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.