Substation · England, United Kingdom
Shrivenham Primary
Shrivenham Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 1.85 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 | 1.85 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 | Minety GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Stratton (Reserve) 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) | 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 | 51.5895, -1.6581 | 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: 316 power plants (128 operating, 2,058 MW), 239 grid connections (127 operating, 1,449 MW) and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Westmill Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.9 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Roves Farm (Solar) | Power plant | 12.7 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Westmill Wind Farm | Power plant | 6.5 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Roves Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 8.55 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Mount Pleasant Farm - Solar Farm | Power plant | 35 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
21 sites of land near Shrivenham 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.
- 261 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.88 km · score 49
- 205 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.32 km · score 42
- 48 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.2 km · score 42
- 75 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.86 km · score 40
- 33 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse (INSPIRE polygon 25776475)0.2 km · score 37
- 36 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse (INSPIRE polygon 54834634)0.39 km · score 35
- 50 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.97 km · score 31
- 89 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Swindon1.89 km · score 29
- 33 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse (INSPIRE polygon 25748419)0.76 km · score 29
- 86 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Swindon1.89 km · score 28
- 76 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.65 km · score 28
- 41 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.16 km · score 25
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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.