Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Ravenspark Substation
Ravenspark Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 13.1 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 | RAVENSPARK | 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 | 13.1 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 | 55.6279, -4.6796 | 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: 341 power plants (75 operating, 2,697 MW), 188 grid connections (94 operating, 1,028 MW) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nethermains PV grid connection | Grid connection | 6.69 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Ardagh Glass Limited - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Nethermains - Solar Farm | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Under construction | 1.6 km |
| Wee Minnemoer, Millport - Photovoltaic Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Unknown | 1.6 km |
| Ardagh Glass Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 1.67 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Ardoch Farm BESS (Kilwinning BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 30.4 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 37 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 Ravenspark have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 59 ha brownfield site at Bogside Irvine, North Ayrshire1.12 km · score 42
- 2.9 ha brownfield site at Kilwinning Road Irvine, North Ayrshire0.83 km · score 31
- 22 ha brownfield site at Redburn Irvine, North Ayrshire1.37 km · score 28
- 5.88 ha brownfield site at Castlepark Irvine, North Ayrshire1.02 km · score 28
- 21 ha brownfield site at Irvine, North Ayrshire1.93 km · score 19
- 1.65 ha brownfield site at Kelvin Place Kilwinning, North Ayrshire1.82 km · score 16
- 11 ha brownfield site at Ardeer Stevenston, North Ayrshire2.03 km · score 15
- 2.12 ha brownfield site at Nethermains Kilwinning, North Ayrshire1.94 km · score 14
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.