Substation · England, United Kingdom
Alton BSP
Alton BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 22.9 MVA of demand headroom and 0 MW of generation headroom, connected by Southern Electric Power Distribution plc.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 22.9 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Transformers | 2 x 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Fleet-Bramley GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the 33kV board with 31.5kA break / 78.8kA make switchgear (due Feb 2029) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1526, -0.9615 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 295 power plants (115 operating, 983 MW), 237 grid connections (128 operating, 1,300 MW), 67 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsom Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.89 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Truncheaunts Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Land to the north and south of Cakers Lane (Wilsom) | Power plant | 11 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Wilsom Farm | Power plant | 11 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Copse Close Solar Farm | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 2.7 km |
| Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Alton BSP have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 342 ha site near Alton BSP substation, East Hampshire0.65 km · score 73
- 220 ha site near Alton BSP substation, East Hampshire1.72 km · score 57
- 54 ha site near Alton BSP substation, East Hampshire1.1 km · score 51
- 34 ha site near Alton BSP substation, East Hampshire1.08 km · score 45
- 44 ha site near Alton BSP substation, East Hampshire1.81 km · score 37
- 31 ha site near Alton BSP substation, East Hampshire1.96 km · score 31
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.