Substation · Scotland, United Kingdom
Yoker Ferry Road Substation
Yoker Ferry Road Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in Scotland, United Kingdom, with 7.84 MVA of demand headroom and 28 MVA of generation 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 | YOKER FERRY 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 | 7.84 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 28 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 24 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 | 55.8877, -4.3797 | 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: 406 power plants (102 operating, 2,508 MW), 268 grid connections (139 operating, 1,652 MW) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Clyde Recycling Centre (Resubmission) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Rothesay Dock Plastic to Hydrogen Recycling Facility | Power plant | 3.8 MW | Cancelled | 1.5 km |
| Energy Recovery Facility South Street | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 2.5 km |
| Glasgow BESS (South Street BESS) grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Barnwell, Wright Street - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Cancelled | 3.1 km |
| South Clyde Energy Centre grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 7.6 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Yoker Ferry 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.
- 1.61 ha brownfield site at 36 Bulldale Street Garscadden, Glasgow City0.2 km · score 35
- 2.93 ha brownfield site at Meadowside Street Renfrew (Braehead), Renfrewshire0.26 km · score 34
- 6.29 ha brownfield site at West of Greenlaw Road, To G.D.C. Boundary., Glasgow City0.52 km · score 30
- 1.59 ha brownfield site at Fishers Road Renfrew (Braehead), Renfrewshire0.6 km · score 29
- 1.33 ha brownfield site at 56 Craggan Drive Yoker, Glasgow City0.88 km · score 25
- 1.76 ha brownfield site at Disused Railway Burnham RD/Yoker Ferry RD., Glasgow City1.0 km · score 23
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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.