Power plant · North Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Yeowood Farm - Battery Energy Storage
Yeowood Farm - Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled power plant in North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Fig Power.
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 | North Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Iwood Lane, Congresbury, Bristol, BS40 5AA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Aug 2024 (reference 24/P/1386/FUL, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Dec 2024 (refused, reference 24/P/1386/FUL, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fig Power | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 51.3596, -2.7838 | 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 refused (planning authority North Somerset, reference 24/P/1386/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Somerset, reference 24/P/1386/FUL)
How it compares
Yeowood Farm - Battery Energy Storage is the 175th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 362nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 175th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 362nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,865th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 77 grid connections (47 operating, 438 MW), 32 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 2.9 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 4.4 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 26 km |
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 33 km |
| Landmark Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 33 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.