Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Torness Substation
Torness Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.54 MVA of demand 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 | TORNESS | 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 | 6.54 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 10 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 | 55.9666, -2.4112 | 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: 136 power plants (45 operating, 2,706 MW), 57 grid connections (33 operating, 494 MW) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torness | Power plant | 1,200 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Braxbess Battery Storage | Power plant | 650 MW | Permitted | 2.3 km |
| Dunbar | Power plant | 2.2 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Landfill gas 36 MW grid connection at Dunbar B | Grid connection | 36 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Lafarge Cement grid connection | Grid connection | 5.3 MW | Operating | 4.0 km |
| Dunbar Solar PV Scheme grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| RBS Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| RBS Melville Gate Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Torness has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.72 ha brownfield site at East Barns Dunbar Area East Lothian2.95 km · score 7
Other substations in Scotland
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.