Substation · England, United Kingdom
East Bedfont Primary
East Bedfont Primary is a 132 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 0 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 | 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 | 1 x 20MVA + 1 x 20 / 40MVA | 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 | Laleham GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace the existing 20MVA transformer with a 20 / 40MVA unit to match the other transformer (due Dec 2026) | 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 upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4386, -0.4967 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 304 power plants (105 operating, 844 MW), 155 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 120 grid connections (64 operating, 682 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready - 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Long Lane, Stanwell - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Permitted | 2.7 km |
| 50MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Serverfarm LON1 – London Data Center | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Norlands Lane Landfill Site (Extension) | Power plant | 4 MW | Operating | 3.1 km |
| Norlands Lane Landfill Site | Power plant | 2.7 MW | Operating | 3.2 km |
| TR for Approval and Costing grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| British Telecom Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Digital Realty LHR17 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.