Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Docks Way Disposal Site, Docks Way - Battery Energy Storage System
Docks Way Disposal Site, Docks Way - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted battery storage plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Newport City Council.
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 | Newport (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South Of Docks Way Disposal Site Docks Way, NP20 2NS | 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 | 12 Feb 2026 (permit 25/0991, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Nov 2025 (reference 25/0991, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Feb 2026 (granted, reference 25/0991, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Newport City Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 | 51.5713, -2.9977 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Newport, reference 25/0991)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Newport, reference 25/0991)
How it compares
Docks Way Disposal Site, Docks Way - Battery Energy Storage System is the 150th-largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,458th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 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 | 150th of 157 | 16,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,458th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,691st of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 37 km |
Operator and place
More from Newport City Council
- Docks Way Solar Farm2.37 MW · permitted
- Docks Way - Solar Panels1.01 MW · permitted
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- Pembroke2,325 MW
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Aberthaw B1,559 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Severn Power Ltd850 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Deeside498 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
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.
- 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.