Power plant · Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Bryntywod, Llangyfelach - Battery Energy Storage System
Bryntywod, Llangyfelach - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by FRV TH Powertek Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Swansea (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | East Of Bryntywod Llangyfelach, SA5 7LF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Feb 2025 (permit 2024/1634/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Swansea) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Sept 2024 (reference 2024/1634/FUL, planning authority Swansea) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Feb 2025 (granted, reference 2024/1634/FUL, planning authority Swansea) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | FRV TH Powertek Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 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 | 51.6748, -3.9616 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Swansea, reference 2024/1634/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Swansea, reference 2024/1634/FUL)
How it compares
Bryntywod, Llangyfelach - Battery Energy Storage System is the 23rd-largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 270th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 23rd of 157 | 16,088 MW | 1.2% |
| United Kingdom | 270th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 732nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 data center and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Brechfa Forest Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 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.