Substation · England, United Kingdom
Minety GSP
Minety 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 | 4 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 | 51.6075, -2.0013 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 404 power plants (153 operating, 1,952 MW) and 304 grid connections (90 operating, 1,143 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehill Energy Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Lower Minety | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Stonehill Energy Storage / Upper Minety | Power plant | 50 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Melk 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Stonehill grid connection | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| DSO Charlton Park PV - 30MW grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
Grid operator and place
Upstream substation
- Cirencester BSP
- Stratton (Main) BSP
- Stratton (Reserve) BSP
- Swindon BSP
- Toothill BSP
- Galileo Primary
- Cirencester Town Primary
- Cricklade Primary
- Fairford Primary
- Kemble RAF Primary
- Minety Village Primary
- Northleach Primary
- Shipton Oliffe Primary
- Whiteway Primary
- Drakes Way Primary
- Park North Primary
- Plessey Primary
- Pressed Steel Swindon Primary
- Black Bourton Primary
- Faringdon Primary
- Lechlade Primary
- Shrivenham Primary
- Stanton Fitzwarren Primary
- Stratton Primary
- Manchester Road Primary
- Swindon Primary
- Trading Estate Primary
- Wootton Bassett Primary
- Chisledon Primary
- Dorcan South Primary
- Quarry Road Primary
- Toothill Primary
- Wroughton Primary
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Battery storage and Solar 50.6 MW grid connection at Stratton50.6 MW
- DSO Charlton Park PV - 30MW grid connection30 MW
- Highworth Solar Farm grid connection73.3 MW
- I Westmill - Battery Storage grid connection3 MW
- Melk 50MW Battery grid connection50 MW
- Melk Corner Corpse Solar - PV grid connection49.9 MW
- Mount Pleasant Solar Energy Hub grid connection49.9 MW
- Westmill Windfarm grid connection2.66 MW
- Westmill Windfarm grid connection3.9 MW
- Westmill Wind Farm grid connection4.75 MW
- HONDA grid connection9.5 MW
- Sevor Farm Solar grid connection19 MW
- Pentylands Farm grid connection14.3 MW
- Roves Farm PV grid connection8.55 MW
- LYNT Farm PV grid connection21.5 MW
- Orta Port PV grid connection27.2 MW
- Bradenstoke Solar Park (Lyneham) PV grid connection47.4 MW
- Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection95 MW
- Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection49.9 MW
- Generation 11.4 MW grid connection at Minety GSP11.4 MW
- Catsbrain Farm Export grid connection19 MW
- Stonehill grid connection150 MW
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.