Power plant · Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Midsomer Norton - Battery Energy Storage System
Midsomer Norton - Battery Energy Storage System is a battery storage plant under construction in Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, operated by Conrad Energy II Limited.
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 | Bath and North East Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Unit 18, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2BB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Dec 2022 (permit 21/03281/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Jul 2021 (reference 21/03281/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Dec 2022 (granted, reference 21/03281/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Conrad Energy II Limited (Conrad Energy (Developments) II Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2918, -2.4677 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Bath and North East Somerset, reference 21/03281/FUL)
- Construction started
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bath and North East Somerset, reference 21/03281/FUL)
How it compares
Midsomer Norton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 1,252nd-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,005th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,252nd of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,005th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,128th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 128 grid connections (79 operating, 877 MW), 60 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 11 km |
| Holwell PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.55 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Unit A1 Marston Trading Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 2.41 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Frome BSP | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Frome Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.