Substation · England, United Kingdom
Andover East Primary
Andover East Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 6.91 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 | 6.91 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 15 / 30MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | 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 |
| Fed from | Andover BSP | 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 upstream thermal capacity & upstream fault level constraint) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2158, -1.4580 | 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: 299 power plants (119 operating, 1,355 MW), 259 grid connections (145 operating, 1,543 MW), 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Way, Walworth Business Park - Solar Photovoltaics | Power plant | 5.2 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Walworth Industrial Estate | Power plant | 10 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Cowdown Lane | Power plant | 40 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Lower Wyke Farm - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Solar 30.4 MW grid connection at Wherwell PV GEN | Grid connection | 30.4 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| UNIT 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 3.85 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Andover East Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 59 ha site near Andover East Primary substation, Test Valley0.0 km · score 53
- 78 ha site near Andover East Primary substation, Test Valley0.87 km · score 46
- 132 ha site near Andover East Primary substation, Test Valley1.57 km · score 43
- 54 ha site near Andover East Primary substation, Test Valley1.24 km · score 33
- 35 ha site near Andover East Primary substation, Test Valley1.22 km · score 28
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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.