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Stonehill Energy Storage / Upper Minety

Operational50 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 9 March 2026

Technology
Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
Capacity
50 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Penso Power (BW ESS)
Location
Land Adjacent To Electricity S, Stonehill, Charlton, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 9RP, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Wiltshire
Planning application
18/04718/FUL
First operating
2020

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  • 19 July 2018 Planning permission granted
  • 1 December 2019 Construction started
  • 1 December 2020 Operational

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The register holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, 9 of them fires, and 177 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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