Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Port Glasgow Substation
Port Glasgow Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.64 MVA of demand headroom and 20.4 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 | PORT GLASGOW | 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 | 6.64 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 20.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 12 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 | 55.9256, -4.6670 | 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: 291 power plants (76 operating, 1,598 MW), 197 grid connections (101 operating, 1,157 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priestside Farm | Power plant | 1.8 MW | Cancelled | 1.2 km |
| Priestside Farm Wind Turbine grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 49 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 24 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Ardgowan Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 23.8 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Harelaw Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Port Glasgow have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 5.04 ha brownfield site at Sunnyside Avenue/Pleasantside Avenue Woodhall Port Glasgow, Inverclyde1.06 km · score 21
- 2.24 ha brownfield site at Parkhill Avenue Woodhall Port Glasgow, Inverclyde1.09 km · score 20
- 1.48 ha brownfield site at Kelburn Terrace Kelburn Port Glasgow, Inverclyde1.2 km · score 19
- 1.09 ha brownfield site at Newark Street/Bouverie Street Port Glasgow, Inverclyde1.23 km · score 18
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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.