Dodd's Wood Battery Storage Site
Sector: Solar • Location: Diss, England, United Kingdom
Source: BBC
Elmya Energy plans to develop one of the UK's largest battery storage sites at Dodd's Wood, Rushall near Diss, Norfolk. The project involves housing batteries in more than 1,000 containers on farmland to store power generated by wind and solar farms. The site will have a capacity of 900MW, enough to power 60,000 homes for up to three days, and will include advanced monitoring, early fire detection
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Solar, Energy Storage, Wind, Raw Materials, Power Generation (CCGT), Commercial, Residential
- Location
- Diss, England, United Kingdom
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- BBC
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Description | Elmya Energy plans to develop one of the UK's largest battery storage sites at Dodd's Wood, Rushall near Diss, Norfolk. The project involves housing batteries in more than 1,000 containers on farmland to store power generated by wind and solar farms. The site will have a capacity of 900MW, enough to power 60,000 homes for up to three days, and will include advanced monitoring, early fire detection, and suppression systems to ensure safety. |
Original sector | Energy |
Location
Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
State | England |
City | Diss |
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Source | BBC |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Solar, Energy Storage, Wind, Raw Materials, Power Generation (CCGT), Commercial, Residential |
Article published date | 2025-05-26 |
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