Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Tongland Distribution Substation
Tongland Distribution Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 8.17 MVA of demand headroom and 16.7 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 | TONGLAND DISTRIBUTION | 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 | 8.17 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 16.7 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 15 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 | 54.8597, -4.0345 | 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: 123 power plants (39 operating, 785 MW) and 67 grid connections (46 operating, 684 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongland grid connection | Grid connection | 33 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Mayfield Community Wind Farm | Power plant | 20.4 MW | Cancelled | 3.9 km |
| Chapmans Howe Wind Farm | Power plant | 6.9 MW | Cancelled | 4.1 km |
| Little Drum Solar Farm - Solar Park & Battery Storage | Power plant | 36 MW | Permitted | 4.2 km |
| St Marys Isle Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 48 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| Culraven Solar (High Nunton) grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Tongland Distribution has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.