Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Niddrie Substation
Niddrie Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.42 MVA of demand headroom and 10.3 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 | NIDDRIE | 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 | 9.42 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 10.3 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 | 55.9311, -3.1139 | 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: 348 power plants (97 operating, 3,159 MW), 192 grid connections (109 operating, 1,764 MW) and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.5 MW grid connection at Niddrie (11kV) | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Millerhill AD (Waste AD) | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Millerhill EfW | Power plant | 12.5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Millerhill EfW grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Gilmerton 50MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 56 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Existing Kaimes Substation, Old Burdiehouse Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 4.8 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Niddrie have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 6.95 ha brownfield site at Niddrie Road Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh0.42 km · score 34
- 5.72 ha brownfield site at And Niddrie Bing Cauldcoats Shawfair, Midlothian0.41 km · score 33
- 6.01 ha brownfield site at Greendykes Road Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh1.15 km · score 22
- 19 ha brownfield site at Whitehill Mains & Shawfair Shawfair, Midlothian1.63 km · score 19
- 1.19 ha brownfield site at Craigmillar Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh1.42 km · score 18
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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.