Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Rousay Primary
Rousay Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Scotland | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 0 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 1 x 2.5MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Thurso South GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 59.1582, -2.9831 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 48 power plants (17 operating, 51.2 MW) and 30 grid connections (16 operating, 63.1 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital Eday 3, EMEC Fall of Warness - Tidal Energy Project | Power plant | 2.4 MW | Planned | 8.3 km |
| Orbital Eday 4, EMEC Fall of Warness - Tidal Energy Project | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Planned | 8.3 km |
| Hammar's Hill | Power plant | 4.3 MW | Operating | 8.3 km |
| Hammars Hill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 8.5 km |
| Cracka Longi Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 8.4 MW | Planned | 8.6 km |
| Burgar Hill grid connection | Grid connection | 2.19 MW | Operating | 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.