Substation · England, United Kingdom
Thatcham BSP
Thatcham BSP is a substation in England, United Kingdom, 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 | 30.3 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 | 1 x 30 / 60MVA + 2 x 45 / 90MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Bsp | 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 |
| Planned reinforcement | Add a 4th 90MVA transformer and place the existing 60MVA unit on hot-standby (due Apr 2027) | 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 | 51.3945, -1.2421 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 301 power plants (109 operating, 1,635 MW), 237 grid connections (126 operating, 1,296 MW) and 66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas 9.5 MW grid connection at Thatcham | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Harrods Distribution Centre, Mill Lane - Solar Array | Power plant | 1.6 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Limberlost Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.62 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Limberlost Farm | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| New Greenham Park (gasification) | Power plant | 6.3 MW | Cancelled | 3.7 km |
| Wasing Park PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.98 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Redcentric Reading | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
Grid operator and place
Upstream substation
Grid connections attached to this substation
- Membury PV grid connection13.3 MW
- Wasing Park PV grid connection3.98 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.