Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Polkemmet Substation
Polkemmet Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11 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 | POLKEMMET | 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 |
| Firm capacity | 23 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 | 55.8585, -3.7035 | 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: 478 power plants (124 operating, 2,996 MW), 312 grid connections (165 operating, 2,094 MW) and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southrigg 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Southrigg 2 | Power plant | 4.2 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Southrigg Wind Turbine grid connection | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Southrigg | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Torrance Wind Farm Extension 2 | Power plant | 26.4 MW | Cancelled | 2.7 km |
| Torrance Farm extension 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 21.6 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
8 sites of land near Polkemmet have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 26 ha brownfield site at Northfield Farm Fauldhouse, West Lothian2.59 km · score 17
- 2.1 ha brownfield site at Cowhills, Heartland Business Park Whitburn, West Lothian1.62 km · score 17
- 14 ha brownfield site at Benhar Fauldhouse, West Lothian2.32 km · score 14
- 9.06 ha brownfield site at West Main Street Harthill, North Lanarkshire3.31 km · score 12
- 2.83 ha brownfield site at Sidehead Road Harthill, North Lanarkshire2.87 km · score 11
- 1.73 ha brownfield site at Fauldhouse, West Lothian2.41 km · score 11
- 1.35 ha brownfield site at Langrigg Road Fauldhouse, West Lothian2.08 km · score 11
- 1.3 ha brownfield site at Fauldhouse, West Lothian3.31 km · score 11
Other substations in Scotland
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.