Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Skulamus Primary Substation
Skulamus Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 0 MVA of demand headroom and 1.41 MW of generation headroom, connected by Scottish Hydro Electric.
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 | 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 | 1.41 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 1 x 6.3MVA | 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 | Broadford GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Add a second 6.3MVA transformer (due Sep 2028) | 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) | None (green on the heat map) | 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 | 57.2326, -5.8809 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 24 power plants (7 operating, 75.4 MW) and 13 grid connections (6 operating, 37.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Rhea Tidal Stream Array | Power plant | 8 MW | Cancelled | 13 km |
| Kylerhea | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Cancelled | 14 km |
| Ben Aketil Wind Farm - Repowered & Extended | Power plant | 59.4 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Struan 2 Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 11.8 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Beinn NAN Lochan Wind grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 30 km |
| Allt na Moine Hydro - Import Addcap grid connection | Grid connection | 3.09 MW | Planned | 32 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.