Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
St Machar Primary
St Machar Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15.1 MVA of demand headroom and 19.9 MW of generation headroom, 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 |
| Demand headroom | 15.1 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 19.9 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 12 / 24MVA | 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 | Persley 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) | 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 | 57.1637, -2.1077 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 195 power plants (57 operating, 591 MW), 114 grid connections (50 operating, 396 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Aberdeen BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Gas 1.995 MW grid connection at St Machar | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub Facility | Power plant | 8 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
| European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) (Aberdeen Bay - Demonstration site) | Power plant | 96.8 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| A981 Fraserburgh - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 25 MW | Permitted | 2.9 km |
| Persley Croft grid connection | Grid connection | 50.4 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 3.4 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.