Substation · England, United Kingdom
Fairford Primary
Fairford Primary 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 | 5.66 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 7.5 / 15MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Cirencester 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 | 51.7036, -1.7928 | 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: 353 power plants (134 operating, 2,290 MW), 269 grid connections (101 operating, 1,234 MW) and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Way - Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Welsh Way - Solar PV Farm | Power plant | 13 MW | Permitted | 2.5 km |
| Airfield Farm - AD | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 4.8 km |
| Castle Eaton Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| Down Ampney Airfield Quarry grid connection | Grid connection | 2.45 MW | Planned | 5.8 km |
| Castle Eaton Farm | Power plant | 17.8 MW | Operating | 6.0 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.