Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Minety South - Battery Storage
Minety South - Battery Storage is a power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Statera Energy.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land South of Minety Substation Minety, SN16 9RP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2022 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 Sept 2017 (permit 17/03941/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 May 2017 (reference 17/03941/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Sept 2017 (granted, reference 17/03941/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Statera Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 51.6019, -1.9854 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Minety South - Battery Storage is the 168th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 352nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 168th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 352nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,831st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 17/03941/FUL
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 305 grid connections (95 operating, 1,168 MW), 97 substations and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Melk 50MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Minety GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Stonehill grid connection | Grid connection | 150 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Minety Village Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Kemble RAF Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
Operator and place
More from Statera Energy
- The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore - Hydrogen Plant3,000 MW · permitted
- Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road - Battery Storage680 MW · under construction
- Loch Ness & Loch Kemp - Pumped Hydro Scheme600 MW · planned
- Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden - Battery Storage Facility500 MW · permitted
- East Claydon Battery Energy Storage500 MW · permitted
- Sundon, Chalton - Battery Energy Storage System500 MW · permitted
- East Chickerell Court Farm - Battery Energy Storage System400 MW · permitted
- Dollymans Storage100 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.