Substation · England, United Kingdom
Sidney Road Primary
Sidney Road Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 8.65 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 | 8.65 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 15 / 30MVA | 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 | Laleham GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Staines 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 | 51.4353, -0.5038 | 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: 305 power plants (106 operating, 846 MW), 155 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 122 grid connections (65 operating, 684 MW) and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ready - 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Norlands Lane Landfill Site | Power plant | 2.7 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Norlands Lane Landfill Site (Extension) | Power plant | 4 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Waste 3.325 MW grid connection at Causeway | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Wraysbury Landfill | Power plant | 4.8 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| 50MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Serverfarm LON1 – London Data Center | Data center | — | — | 3.7 km |
| British Telecom Computer Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Digital Realty LHR17 | Data center | — | — | 6.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near Sidney Road 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.
- 212 ha site near Sidney Road Primary substation, Spelthorne0.51 km · score 61
- 89 ha site near Sidney Road Primary substation, Spelthorne0.74 km · score 53
- 30 ha site near Sidney Road Primary substation, Spelthorne1.89 km · score 18
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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.