Substation · England, United Kingdom
Black Bourton Primary
Black Bourton Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 1.85 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 | 1.85 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 10MVA | 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 | Minety GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Stratton (Reserve) 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) | 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 | 51.7324, -1.5909 | 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: 317 power plants (119 operating, 1,873 MW), 171 grid connections (90 operating, 1,008 MW) and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura Park | Power plant | 7 MW | Cancelled | 3.9 km |
| Mount Owen Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 81.9 MW | Planned | 4.2 km |
| Kencot Hill Solar Farm | Power plant | 37 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| PV Generation Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| PV Generation Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| Shilton Downs Solar Park | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 5.7 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
16 sites of land near Black Bourton 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.
- 125 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.26 km · score 58
- 86 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.0 km · score 56
- 70 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.0 km · score 51
- 123 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.76 km · score 50
- 92 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.53 km · score 50
- 126 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire1.33 km · score 42
- 100 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire1.28 km · score 41
- 51 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire (INSPIRE polygon 51996477)0.49 km · score 38
- 60 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.87 km · score 35
- 30 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire0.26 km · score 35
- 89 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire1.91 km · score 28
- 51 ha site near Black Bourton Primary substation, West Oxfordshire (INSPIRE polygon 26160304)1.4 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.