Substation · England, United Kingdom
Willesden GSP
Willesden GSP is a 275 kV grid supply point 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 |
| Transformers | 3 x 180MVA (Shared with UKPN) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Grid supply point (GSP) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 275 kV (levels 275, 66 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5349, -0.2571 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 367 power plants (124 operating, 1,956 MW), 156 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 49 grid connections (30 operating, 320 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options Park Royal Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Vantage LHR2 | Data center | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Colt London West | Data center | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Willesden | Power plant | 2 MW | Cancelled | 0.6 km |
| Willesden | Power plant | 8 MW | Cancelled | 0.7 km |
| Premier Park Road - Photovoltaic System | Power plant | 1.44 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 3.9 km |
| Brentford F C Training Ground 100 grid connection | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 9.2 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 12 km |
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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.