Substation · England, United Kingdom
Caversham Primary
Caversham Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 16.6 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 | 16.6 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 | Fleet-Bramley GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Reading Town 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 | 51.4762, -0.9717 | 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: 296 power plants (102 operating, 1,419 MW), 202 grid connections (99 operating, 1,058 MW) and 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1MW BESS & ASHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Pulsant | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Pulsant Reading East | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park - Solar PV | Power plant | 1.3 MW | Permitted | 3.1 km |
| Gas 1.14 MW grid connection at Silver Street | Grid connection | 1.14 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Pulsant | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Mapledurham farm AD (Farm waste) | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Landfill gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Courages | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Burghfield Road, Southcote - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 7.4 MW | Cancelled | 5.4 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Caversham 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.
- 228 ha site near Caversham Primary substation, South Oxfordshire1.75 km · score 50
- 54 ha site near Caversham Primary substation, South Oxfordshire1.37 km · score 41
- 28 ha site near Caversham Primary substation, South Oxfordshire1.69 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.