Rassau Industrial Estate (6 MW battery storage)
Rassau Industrial Estate is a 6 MW battery storage project in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 16 July 2021; the record was last updated on 11 January 2022.
6 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
11 January 2022record last updated
Blaenau Gwentcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 November 2019 | Application submitted |
| 22 January 2020 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 July 2021 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 11 January 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Blaenau Gwent
- Planning application reference
- C/2019/0326
- Address (REPD)
- Unit 16, Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau, Ebbw Vale
- Council area (by location)
- Blaenau Gwent
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7841
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, Rassau | battery storage | 8 | approved, not built | 0.2 |
| Manmoel Wind Farm | wind farm | 28 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Wauntysswg Farm, near Tredagar | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.2 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | wind farm | 15 | refused | 6.2 |
| Mynydd James Wind Farm | wind farm | 31.2 | application withdrawn | 6.6 |
| Pen March Wind Farm | wind farm | 30 | refused | 7.3 |
| Merthyr Common | wind farm | 24.3 | refused | 7.8 |
| 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 (51.8033, -3.2333).