Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Pencaitland Substation
Pencaitland Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11 MVA of demand headroom and 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 | PENCAITLAND | 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 | 11 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 17 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 | 55.9087, -2.9026 | 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: 264 power plants (77 operating, 2,733 MW), 145 grid connections (86 operating, 1,462 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pencaitland Maltings - Boiler Hybrid Energy Centre | Power plant | 7 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Gen Dg, G98, Windymains Sawmill, Humbi grid connection | Grid connection | 1.65 MW | Planned | 4.7 km |
| Dolphingstone Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 63.2 MW | Planned | 6.1 km |
| Dolphingstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 63 MW | Permitted | 6.7 km |
| Cockenzie Battery Storage System - Site A | Power plant | 240 MW | Permitted | 7.6 km |
| Harperdean Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 9.4 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Pencaitland has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 6.86 ha brownfield site at Tynemount Ormiston East Lothian3.49 km · score 12
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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.