Substation · England, United Kingdom
Chippenham BSP
Chippenham BSP is a substation in England, United Kingdom, 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 | 2 x 45 / 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bsp | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Melksham GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the 33kV board with 31.5kA break / 78.8kA make switchgear (Sep-28) Add a 3rd 90MVA transformer (due Dec 2028) | 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) | 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 | 51.4674, -2.1075 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 417 power plants (160 operating, 1,918 MW), 318 grid connections (102 operating, 1,173 MW), 7 data centers, 1 AI supercomputer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippenham Project grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Parsonage Way - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.6 MW | Permitted | 0.5 km |
| AH Red Barn Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 3.4 km |
| Forest Gate - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 40.3 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Forest Gate - Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 3.5 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
Upstream substation
Grid connections attached to this substation
- 23MW PV grid connection23 MW
- 40MW grid connection40 MW
- AH Red Barn Solar grid connection40 MW
- Chissell Brook Solar and Storage grid connection25 MW
- Chippenham Project grid connection11.4 MW
- Sunstroom grid connection4.28 MW
- Lake PV Farm grid connection4.28 MW
- Rodbourne Rail Business Centre grid connection6.18 MW
- PV ICP grid connection10.5 MW
- Marsh Farm B PV grid connection11.4 MW
- Long Newton PV grid connection5.8 MW
- Hullavington PV Farm grid connection6.65 MW
- Castle Combe PV grid connection11.4 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.