Substation · England, United Kingdom
Westbury Primary
Westbury 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 | 10.4 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 15 / 30MVA | 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 | Frome BSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Melksham 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 | 51.2628, -2.1783 | 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: 411 power plants (179 operating, 1,996 MW), 328 grid connections (120 operating, 1,263 MW), 7 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury Landfill Scheme | Power plant | 1.1 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Blenches Mill | Power plant | 6.1 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Virador Waste Management grid connection | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Waste 1.14 MW grid connection at Westbury | Grid connection | 1.14 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Blenches Mill PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.06 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Westbury (Closed) Landfill Site | Power plant | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 33 km |
Grid operator and place
Grid connections attached to this substation
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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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.