Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau (8 MW battery storage)
Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau is an 8 MW battery storage project in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 24 July 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 18 September 2023. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 24 July 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 24 July 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 March 2023 | Application submitted |
| 24 July 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 24 July 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 18 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Planning application reference
- C/2023/0078
- Address (REPD)
- Rassau Industrial Estate, Adj To Generating Plant, Rassau, Ebbw Vale
- Council area (by location)
- Blaenau Gwent
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 13708
The scheme also includes rooftop solar, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Blaenau Gwent | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 10 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 4 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rassau Industrial Estate | battery storage | 6 | under construction | 0.2 |
| Manmoel Wind Farm | wind farm | 28 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Wauntysswg Farm, near Tredagar | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | wind farm | 15 | refused | 6.0 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.0 |
| Mynydd James Wind Farm | wind farm | 31.2 | application withdrawn | 6.7 |
| Pen March Wind Farm | wind farm | 30 | refused | 7.1 |
| Merthyr Common | wind farm | 24.3 | refused | 7.6 |
| Pendragon Fach Wind Farm | wind farm | 5.2 | refused on appeal | 7.9 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.8019, -3.2358).