Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Pilton Drive West Substation
Pilton Drive West Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 16.4 MVA of demand 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 | PILTON DRIVE WEST | 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 | 16.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.9709, -3.2311 | 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: 391 power plants (111 operating, 1,999 MW), 222 grid connections (127 operating, 1,847 MW) and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 1.6 MW grid connection at Pennywell Road (11kV) | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Shrubhill 36MW BESS Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 39.6 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| St James Energy Centre CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Forth Ports Ltd 4 | Power plant | 120 MW | Cancelled | 3.5 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport - Solar Farm | Power plant | 9 MW | Cancelled | 8.4 km |
| Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Planned | 9.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.