Substation · England, United Kingdom
Andover BSP
Andover BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 23.7 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 | 23.7 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 | Melksham GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the 132kV swithcgear and add a 3rd 90MVA transformer (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 & substation fault level) | 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 | 51.2175, -1.4955 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 312 power plants (122 operating, 1,436 MW), 268 grid connections (150 operating, 1,607 MW), 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIT 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 3.85 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| 4MW Andover Business Park - Gas grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Centric Power grid connection | Grid connection | 4.05 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Andover Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Walworth Industrial Estate | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 3.2 km |
| South Way, Walworth Business Park - Solar Photovoltaics | Power plant | 5.2 MW | Cancelled | 3.2 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
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Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.