Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
St. Andrews Cross Substation
St. Andrews Cross Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 10.9 MVA of demand headroom and 23.5 MVA of generation 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 | ST. ANDREWS CROSS | 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 | 10.9 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 23.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8440, -4.2606 | 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: 454 power plants (110 operating, 2,693 MW), 288 grid connections (148 operating, 1,635 MW) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawmoor Developments Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Polmadie Resource Recovery Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (ACT) | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (Waste AD) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 1.7 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 2.0 km |
| William St Britoil. Gen1 grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Whitehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 2.9 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near St. Andrews Cross have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.93 ha brownfield site at 60 Maxwell Road, Glasgow City0.2 km · score 38
- 1.02 ha brownfield site at 57 Maxwell Road, Glasgow City0.19 km · score 38
- 2.65 ha brownfield site at Kilbirnie Street, Glasgow City0.47 km · score 34
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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.