Power plant · Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Aberthaw Battery Energy Storage System
Aberthaw Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, with 249 MW of capacity, operated by Aberthaw Energy 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 | Vale of Glamorgan (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gileston Farm, Gileston, CF62 4HX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Dec 2025 (reference 2025/01282/FUL, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Aberthaw Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 249 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 | 51.3940, -3.4093 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Aberthaw Battery Energy Storage System is the 19th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 251st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 249 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 19th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 1.5% |
| United Kingdom | 251st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 628th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 282 grid connections, 8 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughor Solar Park, Aberthaw grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.4 km |
| LLANCADLE - LLANCADLE Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Aston Martin grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.5 km |
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 45 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in Wales
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 MW
- Anglesey Biomass Power Station299 MW
- Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay240 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd228 MW
- Carnedd Wen Wind Farm150 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.