Substation · England, United Kingdom
Butts Ash Primary Substation
Butts Ash Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.86 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 | 8.86 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 | Langley BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Fawley 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 | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8500, -1.4059 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 239 power plants (109 operating, 2,081 MW), 217 grid connections (125 operating, 1,123 MW), 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hythe | Power plant | 53 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Fawley Waste to Energy Plant | Power plant | 8.6 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Fawley Battery Energy Storage Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Langley Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| The Manor of Cadland Estate - extension | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 5.6 km |
| Waste 14.345 MW grid connection at Marchwood | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 5.8 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Butts Ash 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.
- 121 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest0.74 km · score 58
- 77 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest0.21 km · score 57
- 98 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest0.72 km · score 56
- 144 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest0.91 km · score 55
- 99 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest1.04 km · score 51
- 1,270 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest1.25 km · score 50
- 139 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest1.72 km · score 43
- 113 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest1.74 km · score 43
- 93 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest1.89 km · score 37
- 1.5 ha brownfield site at Hythe & Dibden War Memorial Hospital, Beaulieu Road, Hythe, New Forest0.98 km · score 24
- 33 ha site near Butts Ash Primary substation, New Forest1.79 km · score 21
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.