Substation · England, United Kingdom
Chichester BSP
Chichester BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 0 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 | 0 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 | 1 x 37.5 / 75MVA + 1 x 55 / 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 | Lovedean GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the existing 75MVA transformer with a 90MVA unit (due Jul 2026) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & 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 | 50.8589, -0.6902 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 188 power plants (80 operating, 912 MW), 127 grid connections (77 operating, 704 MW), 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boxgrove Common, Tinwood Lane - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 70 MW | Permitted | 0.6 km |
| Battery storage 70.4 MW grid connection at Chichester | Grid connection | 70.4 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Land at Tangmere Airfield | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Waste 6.65 MW grid connection at Chichester | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Tangmere grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Oving Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Battery storage 70.4 MW grid connection at Chichester70.4 MW
- Wellow Solar Park grid connection4.75 MW
- Woodhorn Farm grid connection4.75 MW
- Decoy South Farm PV grid connection5.7 MW
- Hunters Race PV Farm grid connection8.98 MW
- Bakers Farm grid connection9.5 MW
- Strettington Solar Farm grid connection12.4 MW
- Ferry Farm PV grid connection4.75 MW
- Shripney grid connection8 MW
- Binsted Farm PV grid connection3.98 MW
- Ferry Farm PV grid connection3.8 MW
- Westhampnett Solar Farm grid connection6.65 MW
- Solar 1.574 MW grid connection at Rolls Royce1.57 MW
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.