Substation · England, United Kingdom
Shroton Primary
Shroton Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 9.99 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 | 9.99 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 12 / 24MVA | 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 | Shaftesbury BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Mannington 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 | 50.9222, -2.2097 | 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: 274 power plants (132 operating, 966 MW), 173 grid connections (109 operating, 886 MW) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 6.27 MW grid connection at Shroton | Grid connection | 6.27 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Park Farm | Power plant | 4 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Rudge Hill Farm | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 7.1 km |
| Stour Row Solar Farm | Power plant | 12 MW | Cancelled | 7.4 km |
| Canada Farm PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 8.6 km |
| Littleton Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.13 MW | Operating | 9.7 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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Candidate sites around this substation
19 sites of land near Shroton 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.
- 156 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.69 km · score 60
- 72 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.0 km · score 60
- 62 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.46 km · score 50
- 232 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset1.38 km · score 49
- 98 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset1.36 km · score 48
- 56 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.46 km · score 48
- 35 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.09 km · score 48
- 39 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.18 km · score 47
- 80 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset1.22 km · score 44
- 214 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset1.82 km · score 43
- 49 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.86 km · score 40
- 29 ha site near Shroton Primary substation, Dorset0.54 km · score 39
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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.