Substation · England, United Kingdom
Cowley GSP
Cowley GSP 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 |
| Transformers | 5 x 240MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | 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) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 400 kV (levels 400, 132 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7102, -1.1906 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 327 power plants (113 operating, 1,685 MW), 247 grid connections (96 operating, 1,085 MW) and 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowley electricity sub-station | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Nuneham Courtenay Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Cowley Substation, Blackberry Lane - Battery Storage Energy System | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.2 km |
| 99.9MW BESS - Near Cowley grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Engine (Combustion / Reciprocating) 11.25 MW grid connection at Cowley Local | Grid connection | 11.3 MW | Planned | 1.8 km |
| Unipart Group of Companies grid connection | Grid connection | 2.4 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Grid operator and place
Upstream substation
- Cowley Local (Main) BSP
- Cowley Local (Reserve) BSP
- Drayton BSP
- Headington BSP
- High Wycombe BSP
- Oxford (Osney) BSP
- Witney BSP
- Yarnton BSP
- Culham Primary
- Harwell Primary
- Cowley Local Primary
- Rose Hill Primary
- Union Street Primary
- Berinsfield Primary
- Kennington Primary
- Wallingford Primary
- Cholsey Primary
- Fulscot Primary
- Grove Primary
- Milton Primary
- Wantage Primary
- Winsmore Lane Primary
- Arncott Primary
- Headington Primary
- Old Road Primary
- Wheatley Primary
- Chisbridge Primary
- Fryers Lane Primary
- High Wycombe Primary
- High Wycombe Town Primary
- Little Marlow Primary
- Nuffield Primary
- Stokenchurch Primary
- Watlington Primary
- Frenchay Road Primary
- North Hinksey Primary
- Oxford Primary
- St Ebbes Primary
- University Parks Primary
- Wootton Road Primary
- Bledington Primary
- Burford Primary
- Carterton Primary
- Fyfield Primary
- Leafield Primary
- Rissington Primary
- Standlake Primary
- Windrush Park Primary
- Witney Town Primary
- Charlbury Primary
- Chipping Norton Primary
- Deddington Primary
- Eynsham Primary
- Kiddington Primary
- Lovelace Road Primary
- Woodstock Primary
- Yarnton Primary
Grid connections attached to this substation
- 49.9MW grid connection50 MW
- 99.9MW BESS - Near Cowley grid connection119 MW
- Battery storage 85.5 MW grid connection at Cowley GSP85.5 MW
- Burcot Farm - PV and Battery grid connection100 MW
- Cowley Battery Storage grid connection50 MW
- Engine (Combustion / Reciprocating) 11.25 MW grid connection at Cowley Local11.3 MW
- Harlesford Solar Farm grid connection20 MW
- Haseley Solar Farm - Solar PV grid connection50 MW
- Lewknor Solar grid connection49.9 MW
- RWE Didcot CVA Export grid connection95 MW
- Rachels House grid connection114 MW
- Rycote Farm grid connection47.5 MW
- University Farm grid connection20 MW
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- Axminster GSPsubstation
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Other substations in England
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.