Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Shin GSP
Shin GSP is a 132 kV grid supply point in Scotland, United Kingdom, 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 |
| Transformers | 2 x 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Grid supply point (GSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.9435, -4.4132 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 102 power plants (29 operating, 710 MW) and 43 grid connections (25 operating, 318 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 8.84 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Shin Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 8.84 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Braemore | Power plant | 54 MW | Cancelled | 4.1 km |
| Lairg 2 Wind Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Under construction | 6.2 km |
| Balblair Wind Farm | Power plant | 36 MW | Planned | 6.7 km |
| CNOC na-Inghinn Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 7.8 km |
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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.