Power plant · Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Castle Road, Burton - Battery Energy Storage System
Castle Road, Burton - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, with 440 MW of capacity, operated by Rewe 7 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 | N/O Castle Road, Burton, Rhoose, Barry, CF62 8NA | 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 | 29 May 2025 (reference 2025/00525/FUL, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rewe 7 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 440 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 | 51.4045, -3.2727 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Castle Road, Burton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 8th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 155th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 440 MW is 0.15% 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 | 8th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 2.6% |
| United Kingdom | 155th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.15% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 333rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry, David Davies Road, Barry Docks grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Dow Corning 132KV Connection grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Barry Biglis Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 35 km |
Operator and place
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- 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.