Power plant · Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom
Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau - Battery Energy Storage
Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom, with 8 MW of capacity.
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 | Blaenau Gwent (coordinates), Wales | 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 | 24 Jul 2023 (permit C/2023/0078, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Blaenau Gwent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Mar 2023 (reference C/2023/0078, planning authority Blaenau Gwent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2023 (granted, reference C/2023/0078, planning authority Blaenau Gwent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8024, -3.2333 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau - Battery Energy Storage is the 125th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,371st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8 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 | 125th of 177 | 16,801 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,371st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,473rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 221 grid connections and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBBW Vale, Land at Rassau Industrial Estate grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.0 km |
| EBBW Vale, Rassau IND EST, Unit 22 Yuasa grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| EBBW Vale Rassau IND EST Former Techboard Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
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.