Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Taynuilt Primary
Taynuilt Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.48 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 | 1.48 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 2.5MVA | 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 | Taynuilt 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 | 56.4302, -5.2150 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 80 power plants (34 operating, 761 MW) and 38 grid connections (29 operating, 304 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverawe Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 24.7 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| SSE Taynuilt Substation - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Ichrachan Farm 50MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Cruachan Hydro Expansion | Power plant | 600 MW | Permitted | 1.1 km |
| Beinn Ghlas Wind Farm - Repowering | Power plant | 33.6 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Beinn GHLAS Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
- 57.6MW Wind - Beinn GHLASS grid connection49.6 MW
- 66MW WIND grid connection66 MW
- Cruach Glenamachrie Wind grid connection50 MW
- Ichrachan Farm 50MW BESS grid connection50 MW
- Beinn GHLAS Windfarm grid connection7.6 MW
- Inverawe Power Station grid connection24.7 MW
- Kilmelford Power Station grid connection1.9 MW
- Braevallich grid connection2.85 MW
- Ederline Hydro grid connection2 MW
- Blarghour Farm grid connection1.69 MW
- Barran Caltum Wind grid connection1.14 MW
- EAS A' Ghaill Hydro grid connection4.28 MW
- Export grid connection1.9 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.