Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Paulville Substation
Paulville Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.3 MVA of demand headroom and 25.9 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 | PAULVILLE | 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 | 12.3 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 25.9 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 | 55.8972, -3.6473 | 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: 471 power plants (128 operating, 2,741 MW), 311 grid connections (165 operating, 2,037 MW) and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowdenhead Wind Turbines | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Pond Green Energy Park | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Pond Green Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Pond Industrial Park, Whitburn Road - Pond Battery Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Solar 1.3 MW grid connection at Pyramid | Grid connection | 1.3 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Byers Brae Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 29.9 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Paulville have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.8 ha brownfield site at Linkston Way Bathgate, West Lothian0.48 km · score 35
- 1.39 ha brownfield site at Bathgate, West Lothian0.98 km · score 28
- 2.6 ha brownfield site at Bathgate, West Lothian1.58 km · score 19
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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.