Substation · England, United Kingdom
Courages Primary Substation
Courages Primary Substation is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 6.39 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 | 6.39 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 | Burghfield (Main) BSP | 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 |
| 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 | 51.4207, -0.9805 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 273 power plants (101 operating, 3,025 MW), 193 grid connections (98 operating, 1,094 MW) and 87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Park | Power plant | 2 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Oil 1.425 MW grid connection at Courages | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Landfill gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Courages | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Pingewood PV Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Pingewood Road South | Power plant | 15.8 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Reading Quarry | Power plant | 40 MW | Cancelled | 2.3 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near Courages 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.
- 105 ha site near Courages Primary substation, Wokingham0.77 km · score 55
- 28 ha site near Courages Primary substation, Reading0.05 km · score 43
- 19 ha brownfield site at Land at the Madejski Stadium, Shooters Way, Reading0.24 km · score 37
- 77 ha site near Courages Primary substation, Wokingham1.98 km · score 28
- 14 ha brownfield site at Land North of Manor Farm Road, Reading1.46 km · score 17
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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.