Substation · England, United Kingdom
Union Street Primary
Union Street Primary 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 | 5.93 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 10 / 14MVA + 1 x 15MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Cowley Local (Main) BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Cowley 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 | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7489, -1.2356 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 328 power plants (120 operating, 1,748 MW), 242 grid connections (91 operating, 1,032 MW) and 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 1.7 km |
| BMW UK Manufacturing Ltd | Power plant | 3 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Unipart Group of Companies grid connection | Grid connection | 2.4 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Unipart Group of Companies grid connection | Grid connection | 4.95 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Engine (Combustion / Reciprocating) 11.25 MW grid connection at Cowley Local | Grid connection | 11.3 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Botley - Solar Photovoltaic Array | Power plant | 50 MW | Cancelled | 4.7 km |
| Cowley electricity sub-station | Power plant | 49.9 MW | Operating | 5.0 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Grid operator and place
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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.