Substation · England, United Kingdom
Ratfyn Primary
Ratfyn Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.11 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 | 9.11 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 substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Bramley (Ames-That) GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Thatcham BSP | 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 & substation fault level) | 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 | 51.3658, -1.3921 | 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: 333 power plants (126 operating, 2,061 MW), 271 grid connections (141 operating, 1,590 MW) and 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Gardens - Solar Farm | Power plant | 3 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| Faccombe Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 2.43 MW | Planned | 6.2 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 7.2 km |
| New Greenham Park (gasification) | Power plant | 6.3 MW | Cancelled | 7.4 km |
| Hungerford Park - Solar Array | Power plant | 2.5 MW | Permitted | 8.5 km |
| Kingsclere Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 23 MW | Planned | 9.3 km |
| Limberlost Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.62 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
13 sites of land near Ratfyn 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.
- 59 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.48 km · score 48
- 37 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.28 km · score 44
- 42 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.96 km · score 36
- 43 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, West Berkshire (INSPIRE polygon 57790296)1.09 km · score 34
- 81 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, West Berkshire1.93 km · score 33
- 41 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.14 km · score 33
- 30 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.21 km · score 28
- 43 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, West Berkshire (INSPIRE polygon 28163218)1.56 km · score 27
- 36 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, West Berkshire1.49 km · score 26
- 44 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, West Berkshire1.86 km · score 23
- 37 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, West Berkshire1.86 km · score 21
- 32 ha site near Ratfyn Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane (INSPIRE polygon 28313676)1.91 km · score 19
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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.