Substation · England, United Kingdom
Burghfield (Main) BSP
Burghfield (Main) BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 34.8 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 | 34.8 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 45 / 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 |
| 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 | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4295, -1.0029 | 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: 281 power plants (100 operating, 1,359 MW), 202 grid connections (102 operating, 1,094 MW) and 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghfield Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 47.4 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Advanced Fuel Gasification OR Pyrolysis 11.8 MW grid connection at Trash Green | Grid connection | 11.8 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Reading Quarry | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Landfill gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Courages | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Burghfield Road, Southcote - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 7.4 MW | Cancelled | 1.3 km |
| Pingewood Road South | Power plant | 15.8 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Burghfield (Main) BSP has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 48 ha site near Burghfield (Main) BSP substation, West Berkshire0.19 km · score 75
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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.