Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Saltcoats Main Substation
Saltcoats Main Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 19.6 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 | SALTCOATS MAIN | 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 | 19.6 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 34 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 | 55.6457, -4.7973 | 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: 305 power plants (60 operating, 2,132 MW), 165 grid connections (81 operating, 912 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardrossan | Power plant | 24 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Ardrossan Extension | Power plant | 6 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Ardrossan Windfarm (Hauplandmuir) grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| High Boydstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 1.8 km |
| Sorbie Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Berry BPI grid connection | Grid connection | 12.6 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Saltcoats Main have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 3.36 ha brownfield site at Power Motive Ardrossan, North Ayrshire0.41 km · score 43
- 14 ha brownfield site at The Refinery Ardrossan, North Ayrshire1.05 km · score 37
- 2.07 ha brownfield site at Inches Road Ardrossan, North Ayrshire1.37 km · score 29
- 1.56 ha brownfield site at Stanley Avenue Ardrossan, North Ayrshire1.35 km · score 29
- 4.64 ha brownfield site at Montfode Depot South Ardrossan, North Ayrshire2.3 km · score 20
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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.