Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Strichen Primary
Strichen Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5.68 MVA of demand headroom and 0 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 | 5.68 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 10MVA | 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 | Strichen 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) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | 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 | 57.5863, -2.0702 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 175 power plants (55 operating, 422 MW), 104 grid connections (49 operating, 269 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity Sub Station, Strichen - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.7 km |
| Clayfords Energy Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Strichen Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Strichen Solar Project, Clayfords Farm - Solar Panels | Power plant | 6 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Mormond Hill Windfarm | Power plant | 27.6 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Redbog Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.52 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Brightsolid | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Clayfords Energy Storage grid connection49.9 MW
- Frodo & Bilbo Farm Solar/BESS grid connection74.6 MW
- MID Whitestones Farm grid connection9.9 MW
- Wind 2.28 MW grid connection at Strichen2.28 MW
- Upper Ardgrain Windfarm grid connection2.28 MW
- Greenhill Croft Windfarm grid connection2.19 MW
- Redbog Windfarm grid connection1.52 MW
- Wind Generating Station grid connection2.28 MW
- Bogenlea Wind Generation grid connection2.19 MW
- MID Backhill grid connection2.23 MW
- Nether Aden Farm grid connection30.4 MW
- Strichen North Energy Plant grid connection25 MW
- Strichen Solar Farm grid connection5 MW
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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.