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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Tranent Substation

Tranent Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 3.92 MVA of demand headroom and 28.2 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Tranent lies
55.9444, -2.9672 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 sourceTRANENTSP 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 headroom3.92 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom28.2 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21.8 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
Coordinates55.9444, -2.9672SP 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: 305 power plants (88 operating, 2,843 MW), 179 grid connections (102 operating, 1,654 MW) and 9 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Dolphingstone Farm grid connectionGrid connection63.2 MWPlanned0.7 km
Dolphingstone Farm - Battery Energy Storage SystemPower plant63 MWPermitted1.3 km
Cockenzie Battery Storage System - Site APower plant240 MWPermitted2.8 km
Cockenzie Battery Storage System - Site BPower plant102 MWPermitted2.8 km
RBS Data CentreData center——4.1 km
Gas 1.5 MW grid connection at Niddrie (11kV)Grid connection1.5 MWOperating7.3 km
Millerhill EfW grid connectionGrid connection15 MWOperating7.4 km
RBS Melville Gate Data CentreData center——9.3 km
Data center, Scotland (OSM way 1548060501)Data center——18 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Tranent 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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