Substation · England, United Kingdom
Padworth Primary
Padworth Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 3.8 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 | 3.8 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 7.5 / 10.5MVA | 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 | Burghfield (Reserve) BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Fleet-Bramley 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 | 51.3901, -1.1068 | 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: 281 power plants (98 operating, 1,374 MW), 215 grid connections (109 operating, 1,162 MW) and 81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exolum, Silver Lane - Solar PV Array | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Permitted | 0.9 km |
| Solar 1.155 MW grid connection at Tadley | Grid connection | 1.16 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Sulhamstead Solar Field - Stud Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Permitted | 3.9 km |
| Bath Road, Grange Lane - Solar Photovoltaic Array | Power plant | 12 MW | Permitted | 4.1 km |
| Solar 20.948 MW grid connection at Burghfield Reserve | Grid connection | 20.9 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| Solar 55.3 MW grid connection at Burghfield Reserve | Grid connection | 55.3 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
11 sites of land near Padworth 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.
- 231 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire0.21 km · score 61
- 180 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire0.41 km · score 58
- 28 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire0.42 km · score 34
- 36 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire0.79 km · score 31
- 65 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire1.53 km · score 29
- 33 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire (INSPIRE polygon 29910848)1.1 km · score 26
- 33 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire (INSPIRE polygon 54289824)1.25 km · score 23
- 30 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire (INSPIRE polygon 29932677)1.26 km · score 22
- 30 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire (INSPIRE polygon 29901643)1.25 km · score 22
- 46 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire1.76 km · score 20
- 34 ha site near Padworth Primary substation, West Berkshire1.49 km · score 20
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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.