Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Prestonpans Substation
Prestonpans Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.4 MVA of demand headroom and 26.4 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 | PRESTONPANS | 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 | 13.4 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 26.4 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 | 55.9653, -2.9651 | 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: 306 power plants (89 operating, 2,856 MW), 176 grid connections (100 operating, 1,619 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cockenzie Battery Storage System - Site A | Power plant | 240 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Cockenzie Battery Storage System - Site B | Power plant | 102 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Dolphingstone Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 63.2 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Dolphingstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 63 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Gas 1.5 MW grid connection at Niddrie (11kV) | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 8.4 km |
| Millerhill EfW grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Operating | 8.5 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Prestonpans have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 19 ha brownfield site at Land West of B6371 Cockenzie East Lothian0.43 km · score 41
- 12 ha brownfield site at Edinburgh Road Cockenzie East Lothian0.52 km · score 38
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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.