Substation · England, United Kingdom
Wilson Road Primary
Wilson Road Primary is a 33 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 12.5 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 | 12.5 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 substation | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Fleet-Bramley GSP | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Fed from | Burghfield (Main) BSP | 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 | 51.4545, -1.0050 | 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: 283 power plants (103 operating, 1,408 MW), 208 grid connections (102 operating, 1,081 MW) and 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burghfield Road, Southcote - Battery Storage Facility | Power plant | 7.4 MW | Cancelled | 2.1 km |
| Pulsant | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Southcote Holybrook grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Landfill gas 2.85 MW grid connection at Courages | Grid connection | 2.85 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Advanced Fuel Gasification OR Pyrolysis 11.8 MW grid connection at Trash Green | Grid connection | 11.8 MW | Planned | 2.9 km |
| Pulsant Reading SL3 | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Reading Quarry | Power plant | 40 MW | Permitted | 3.6 km |
| Motorway Service Area, Burghfield - Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Permitted | 3.6 km |
| Asanti - Reading | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near Wilson Road Primary have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 47 ha site near Wilson Road Primary substation, Reading0.23 km · score 52
- 52 ha site near Wilson Road Primary substation, Reading1.06 km · score 41
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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.