Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Westburn Road Substation
Westburn Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 26.5 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 | WESTBURN ROAD | 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 | 26.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 40 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 | 55.8219, -4.1508 | 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: 476 power plants (114 operating, 2,693 MW), 298 grid connections (156 operating, 1,790 MW) and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMG grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Gilbertfield Farm, Gilbertfield Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 1.9 km |
| Newton Farm, Westburn Road - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Greenoakhill | Power plant | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Greenoakhill Landfill 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Greenoakhill Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 8.4 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
10 sites of land near Westburn Road have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.25 ha brownfield site at Westburn Road Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire0.13 km · score 55
- 7.5 ha brownfield site at Clydesmill Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire0.44 km · score 51
- 2.44 ha brownfield site at Westburn Road Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire0.35 km · score 51
- 3.52 ha brownfield site at West of 40 Gardenside PL, Glasgow City1.03 km · score 41
- 23 ha brownfield site at E of Kenmuir RD, Glasgow City1.44 km · score 40
- 1.95 ha brownfield site at Clydesmill Drive, Glasgow City1.07 km · score 40
- 2.65 ha brownfield site at Cairnswell Avenu Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire1.15 km · score 39
- 11 ha brownfield site at East of Showmens Site on Kenmuir Road., Glasgow City1.83 km · score 31
- 7.57 ha brownfield site at Redlawood Road Newton, South Lanarkshire2.25 km · score 27
- 1.36 ha brownfield site at Flemington Road Halfway, South Lanarkshire2.46 km · score 27
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.