Power plant · Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm, Maes-Yr-Haf Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm, Maes-Yr-Haf Lane - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned power plant in Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, operated by Voltwise Power Holdings 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 | Caerphilly (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm, Maes-Yr-Haf Lane, Croespenmaen, Newport, NP11 3EG | 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 | 8 Jul 2025 (reference 25/0472/FULL, planning authority Caerphilly) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Voltwise Power Holdings Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 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 | 51.6729, -3.1506 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm, Maes-Yr-Haf Lane - Battery Energy Storage System is the 87th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 1,692nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 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 | 87th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.17% |
| United Kingdom | 1,692nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,173rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 43 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 46 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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.