Power plant · Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Bryn Henllys
Bryn Henllys is a permitted power plant in Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Lightsource BP.
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 | Powys (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Bryn Henllys Open Cast, Upper Cwmtwch, Cwmllynfell, SA9 2XX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Jun 2018 (permit P/2015/0176, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Powys) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Feb 2015 (reference P/2015/0176, planning authority Powys) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Jun 2018 (granted, reference P/2015/0176, planning authority Powys) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsource BP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 45.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7972, -3.7900 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Bryn Henllys is the 96th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 1,875th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 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 | 96th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 1,875th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,872nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 167 grid connections, 2 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Sisters Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Ammanford MYNYDD y GWRHYD Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.6 km |
| MYNYDD y GWRHYD Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Brechfa Forest Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 33 km |
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Wales
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 MW
- Anglesey Biomass Power Station299 MW
- Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay240 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd228 MW
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.