Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Ormlie Primary Substation
Ormlie Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 9.87 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scotland | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 9.87 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 7.5 / 15MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Thurso South GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 58.5855, -3.5367 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 124 power plants (30 operating, 580 MW) and 50 grid connections (22 operating, 290 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkton Energy Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Kirkton Energy Farm | Power plant | 52.8 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 1.7 km |
| Glengolly Farm Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Geise Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Buckies Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 52.7 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Ormlie Primary has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 2.69 ha brownfield site at Thurso, Highland0.79 km · score 28
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.