Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Shotts Substation

Shotts Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 12.9 MVA of demand headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

55.8216, -3.7900 on OpenStreetMap

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	SHOTTS	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	12.9 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	55.8216, -3.7900	SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 458 power plants (118 operating, 2,976 MW), 297 grid connections (157 operating, 1,921 MW) and 13 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
Brownhill Farm	Power plant	8.4 MW	Under construction	2.4 km
Brownhill Farm grid connection	Grid connection	8.4 MW	Planned	2.4 km
Starryshaw Wind Farm	Power plant	12 MW	Cancelled	2.5 km
West Benhar wind farm	Power plant	27.2 MW	Operating	2.5 km
West Benhar Wind Farm grid connection	Grid connection	28.8 MW	Operating	2.5 km
Land South East Of Auchterhead grid connection	Grid connection	2.3 MW	Planned	5.3 km
DataVita DV1	Data center	—	—	10 km
Asanti Hamilton	Data center	—	—	20 km
Sungard Availability Services	Data center	—	—	20 km

Grid operator and place

SP Distribution plcGrid operator
Substations in Scotland, United Kingdom843
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Candidate sites around this substation

11 sites of land near Shotts have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

32 ha brownfield site at Torbothie Road Shotts, North Lanarkshire0.88 km · score 38
1.14 ha brownfield site at BON Accord Crescent Shotts, North Lanarkshire0.57 km · score 34
1.83 ha brownfield site at Rosehall Road Shotts, North Lanarkshire1.15 km · score 26
11 ha brownfield site at Benhar Road Shotts, North Lanarkshire1.52 km · score 22
11 ha brownfield site at Hartwood Road Hartwood, North Lanarkshire1.78 km · score 18
12 ha brownfield site at Torbothie Road Shotts, North Lanarkshire2.51 km · score 15
11 ha brownfield site at Shotts Road Shotts, North Lanarkshire2.91 km · score 15
8.85 ha brownfield site at Newmill and Canthill Road Shotts, North Lanarkshire2.52 km · score 14
6.05 ha brownfield site at Forrest Road Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire4.63 km · score 13
4.14 ha brownfield site at Newmill Road Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire3.83 km · score 13
2.95 ha brownfield site at Forrest Road Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire4.7 km · score 13

Other substations in Scotland

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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.
SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.