Substation · England, United Kingdom
Dorcan South Primary
Dorcan South Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 11.9 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 | 11.9 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 | 1 x 12 / 24MVA + 1 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 | Toothill 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 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 | 51.5504, -1.7232 | 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: 323 power plants (130 operating, 2,067 MW), 236 grid connections (129 operating, 1,390 MW) and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Solar Energy Hub grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Mount Pleasant Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 35 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| Amazon, Symmetry Park - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3.26 MW | Permitted | 3.3 km |
| Keypoint Industrial Estate | Power plant | 14.5 MW | Permitted | 3.4 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.1 km |
| HONDA grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| HONDA grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 4.5 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.2 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
6 sites of land near Dorcan South 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.
- 94 ha site near Dorcan South Primary substation, Swindon0.02 km · score 68
- 135 ha site near Dorcan South Primary substation, Swindon1.64 km · score 47
- 84 ha site near Dorcan South Primary substation, Swindon1.29 km · score 46
- 61 ha site near Dorcan South Primary substation, Swindon1.4 km · score 38
- 35 ha site near Dorcan South Primary substation, Swindon1.36 km · score 31
- 42 ha site near Dorcan South Primary substation, Swindon1.63 km · score 29
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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.