Power plant · Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Ipswich Road, Cardiff - Battery Storage
Ipswich Road, Cardiff - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, with 93 MW of capacity, operated by Green Frog Power 214 Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cardiff (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | First Choice Accident Repair, Ipswich Road, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9AQ | 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 | 8 Apr 2024 (permit 23/02817/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cardiff) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Dec 2023 (reference 23/02817/FUL, planning authority Cardiff) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 23/02817/FUL, planning authority Cardiff) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Frog Power 214 Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 93 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 | 51.4992, -3.1430 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Ipswich Road, Cardiff - Battery Storage is the 39th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 549th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 93 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 | 39th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.55% |
| United Kingdom | 549th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,464th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 341 grid connections, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR Cardiff BESS grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| SITE 2 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Landfill Site Generation Staion, Lamby Way, Rumney, Cardiff grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 9.1 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
Operator and place
More from Green Frog Power 214 Limited
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- Stor Generation Plant - Battery Storage12 MW · permitted
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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.