Substation · England, United Kingdom
Chineham Primary
Chineham Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 16 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 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 | Basingstoke (T1B & T2B) BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Bramley (Basi) 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 | 51.2977, -1.0676 | 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: 289 power plants (101 operating, 1,421 MW), 230 grid connections (114 operating, 1,243 MW), 80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chineham Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 15 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| Basingstoke Power Stor grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| BASIS1ZZ grid connection | Grid connection | 1.3 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Chineham ERF | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Vyne Road grid connection | Grid connection | 41.6 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Basingstoke Sewage Treatment Works | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
7 sites of land near Chineham 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.
- 275 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.01 km · score 76
- 145 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.43 km · score 55
- 31 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.05 km · score 53
- 29 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.1 km · score 52
- 73 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.12 km · score 50
- 76 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.9 km · score 39
- 68 ha site near Chineham Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.73 km · score 39
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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.