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Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom

Westfield Ave Substation

Westfield Ave Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11.4 MVA of demand headroom and 23.4 MVA of generation headroom, operated by SP Distribution plc (SP Energy Networks, South and Central Scotland licence area).

Map: where Westfield Ave lies
55.8245, -4.2285 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 sourceWESTFIELD AVESP 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 headroom11.4 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Generation headroom23.4 MVASP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Firm capacity21 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
Coordinates55.8245, -4.2285SP 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: 466 power plants (110 operating, 2,641 MW), 290 grid connections (150 operating, 1,724 MW) and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (ACT)Power plant10 MWOperating1.5 km
Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre (Waste AD)Power plant5 MWOperating1.5 km
Seath Road, Rutherglen - Battery StoragePower plant50 MWCancelled1.5 km
Polmadie Resource Recovery Facility grid connectionGrid connection16 MWOperating1.6 km
Dalmarnock WWTW grid connectionGrid connection1 MWOperating1.8 km
Rutherglen Park grid connectionGrid connection29.2 MWPlanned1.8 km
iomart Glasgow Data CentreData center——4.5 km
Verizon Glasgow GLSGGBData center——4.5 km
DataVita DV2Data center——4.7 km

Grid operator and place

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Candidate sites around this substation

2 sites of land near Westfield Ave have 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

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