Substation · England, United Kingdom
Southampton (Main) BSP
Southampton (Main) BSP is a 132 kV bulk supply point in England, United Kingdom, with 40.4 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 | 40.4 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 45 / 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bulk supply point (BSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Nursling 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 | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9060, -1.4122 | 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: 242 power plants (103 operating, 975 MW), 222 grid connections (123 operating, 1,142 MW), 8 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1MVA Import and 990KW CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Waste 14.345 MW grid connection at Marchwood | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| East Road, Marchwood - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 1.9 km |
| Landfill gas 1.425 MW grid connection at Regents Park | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Marchwood ERF | Power plant | 16 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Tavells Lane Solar Farm | Power plant | 5.3 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Grid operator and place
Substations fed from here
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Southampton (Main) BSP have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 55 ha site near Southampton (Main) BSP substation, Southampton0.05 km · score 84
- 42 ha site near Southampton (Main) BSP substation, Southampton0.59 km · score 72
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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.