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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Stonehouse Substation

Stonehouse Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.04 MVA of demand headroom and 19.1 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Stonehouse lies
55.6958, -3.9811 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.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceSTONEHOUSESP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationScotlandSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorSP 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 headroom1.04 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom19.1 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity8 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LevelPrimary substationSP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Voltage33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV)SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates55.6958, -3.9811SP 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: 502 power plants (118 operating, 3,774 MW), 274 grid connections (144 operating, 1,677 MW) and 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Lochhead FarmPower plant6 MWOperating0.2 km
Lochhead Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection6 MWOperating0.2 km
Kittymuir FarmPower plant1.6 MWCancelled2.0 km
Carlisle Road RRFPower plant7 MWCancelled2.1 km
Broomfield Wind Cluster grid connectionGrid connection1 MWOperating2.6 km
Dykehead & Tanhill Windfarm grid connectionGrid connection2.4 MWOperating2.8 km
Asanti HamiltonData center——12 km
DataVita DV1Data center——16 km
Verizon Glasgow GLSGGBData center——26 km

Grid operator and place

Grid connections attached to this substation

More from SP Distribution plc

Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Stonehouse has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Scotland

All 843 substations in Scotland, United Kingdom

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