Substation · England, United Kingdom
Fort Widley BSP
Fort Widley BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point 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 40 / 60MVA + 60MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Lovedean GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Replace both transformers with 90MVA units (due Oct 2027) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream 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, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8658, -1.0484 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 230 power plants (98 operating, 729 MW), 194 grid connections (114 operating, 999 MW), 11 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road - Battery Energy Storage System | Power plant | 120 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Fort Widley grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Farlington Water Treatment Works, Gillman Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3.68 MW | Permitted | 2.2 km |
| Southwick Estate | Power plant | 48 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Generation 15.96 MW grid connection at Northarbour RD GEN | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Stagecoach grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 5.8 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
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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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.