Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Old Dumbarton Road Substation
Old Dumbarton Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14 MVA of demand headroom and 21.5 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 | OLD DUMBARTON ROAD | 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 | 14 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 20 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 | 55.8674, -4.2942 | 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: 443 power plants (112 operating, 2,707 MW), 288 grid connections (151 operating, 1,818 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broomloan Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.6 km |
| Broomloan Road grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 1.9 km |
| William St Britoil. Gen1 grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| William St Britoil. Gen2 grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.9 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Govan Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Energy Recovery Facility South Street | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 3.3 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Old Dumbarton Road have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.14 ha brownfield site at Yorkhill Quay/ Ferry Road., Glasgow City0.35 km · score 39
- 6.87 ha brownfield site at E of Meadowside Street, Glasgow City0.8 km · score 33
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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.