Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Stepford Substation
Stepford Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14 MVA of demand headroom and 21.8 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 | STEPFORD | 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 | 14 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 21.8 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 | 55.8593, -4.1296 | 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: 478 power plants (120 operating, 2,775 MW), 311 grid connections (161 operating, 1,883 MW) and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenoakhill Landfill 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Greenoakhill | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Greenoakhill Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| SMG grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Newton Farm, Westburn Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 4.3 km |
| Dalmarnock Road - Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 5.3 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Stepford have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.6 ha brownfield site at 2-4 Balado Road Bartiebeith Road, Glasgow City0.69 km · score 34
- 3.96 ha brownfield site at W of Sandaig RD/ North of Railway Line., Glasgow City0.73 km · score 33
- 1.8 ha brownfield site at Wardie Road Springhill Parkway, Glasgow City0.77 km · score 32
- 2.54 ha brownfield site at East of Old Manse Road/South of Railway, Glasgow City0.86 km · score 31
- 1.26 ha brownfield site at Kildermorie Road Swordale Place Dalcharn PL., Glasgow City0.92 km · score 30
- 2.4 ha brownfield site at St Scholastica's School/Arnisdale Road., Glasgow City1.01 km · score 29
- 1.09 ha brownfield site at 8-12 Arnisdale Road, Glasgow City0.99 km · score 29
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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.