Substation · England, United Kingdom
Cirencester BSP
Cirencester 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 | 49.3 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 | Minety 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 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 | 51.7020, -1.9623 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 370 power plants (144 operating, 1,894 MW), 276 grid connections (93 operating, 1,158 MW) and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddington Solar Farm | Power plant | 19.9 MW | Under construction | 1.5 km |
| Spratsgate Lane, Siddington - Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 25 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Cirencester Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Bathurst Estates grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Brookfield Farm PV & Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Cirencester Solar Farm | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
Upstream substation
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Cirencester Solar Park grid connection25 MW
- Crucis Park Estate LLP grid connection12.6 MW
- Ft AH Purton Solar Farm - Solar grid connection19 MW
- Crucis Park PV Farm grid connection14.3 MW
- Cirencester PV grid connection9.5 MW
- Siddington PV grid connection15.2 MW
- Bathurst Estates grid connection49.9 MW
- Welsh Way - Solar PV grid connection11 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.