Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Petershill Road Substation
Petershill Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10.6 MVA of demand headroom and 23.6 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 | PETERSHILL 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 | 10.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 23.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8792, -4.2137 | 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: 457 power plants (113 operating, 2,762 MW), 300 grid connections (155 operating, 1,800 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Rollox 9.5MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 20.4 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Bearsden BESS (Cleddans Farm) grid connection | Grid connection | 71.9 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Provan Gas Works BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 2.0 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Caledonian Solar Park | Power plant | 18.4 MW | Cancelled | 4.4 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 4.6 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
13 sites of land near Petershill 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.
- 3.78 ha brownfield site at W of Darnick St, Glasgow City0.46 km · score 34
- 22 ha brownfield site at Royston Road, Glasgow City0.86 km · score 33
- 4.56 ha brownfield site at North of 327 Forge Street, Glasgow City0.51 km · score 33
- 2.78 ha brownfield site at Petershill Drive Red Road, Glasgow City0.49 km · score 33
- 1.55 ha brownfield site at Sighthill Freight Terminal Springburn RD, Glasgow City0.52 km · score 33
- 6.01 ha brownfield site at Red Road Court Petershillroad, Glasgow City0.57 km · score 32
- 4.57 ha brownfield site at Wallacewell Road Broomfield Road, Glasgow City0.79 km · score 29
- 1.27 ha brownfield site at Blochairn Road/ Seimens Road., Glasgow City0.82 km · score 28
- 4.83 ha brownfield site at South of 63 Earnock Street, Glasgow City1.07 km · score 25
- 1.62 ha brownfield site at 999 Royston Road, Glasgow City1.07 km · score 25
- 1.06 ha brownfield site at West of 1159 Royston Road/ East of M.80, Glasgow City1.29 km · score 21
- 2.06 ha brownfield site at West of No 71 Robroyston Road., Glasgow City1.42 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.