Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Woodside Substation
Woodside Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 15 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 | WOODSIDE | 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 | 15 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 21 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 | 55.8514, -4.0473 | 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: 469 power plants (119 operating, 2,917 MW), 303 grid connections (157 operating, 1,828 MW) and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGS Coatbridge BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Coatbridge Material Recovery and Renewable Energy Facility | Power plant | 25 MW | Under construction | 2.8 km |
| Coatbridge Material Recovery And Renewable Energy Facility grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 2.8 km |
| Glasgow Advanced grid connection | Grid connection | 29 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Locks Street, Coatdyke - Battery Energy Storage Systems | Power plant | 45 MW | Planned | 3.0 km |
| Burnbank Street, Greenhill - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 30 MW | Permitted | 3.0 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Woodside have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.43 ha brownfield site at Coatbridge Road Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire0.86 km · score 32
- 2.39 ha brownfield site at Barnbridge Road Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire1.01 km · score 30
- 2.93 ha brownfield site at Mitchell Street Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire1.14 km · score 28
- 2.02 ha brownfield site at Coatbridge Road Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire1.31 km · score 25
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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.