Power plant · Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Buckwell Farm Solar Park
Buckwell Farm Solar Park is a cancelled power plant in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with 8.1 MW of capacity.
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 | Monmouthshire (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Aug 2014 (permit DC/2013/00925, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Monmouthshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Oct 2013 (reference DC/2013/00925, planning authority Monmouthshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Aug 2014 (granted, reference DC/2013/00925, planning authority Monmouthshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.1 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.6647, -2.8352 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Buckwell Farm Solar Park is the 171st-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 2,166th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.1 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 171st of 424 | 9,068 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,166th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,581st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 326 grid connections (2 operating, 18.1 MW), 9 data centers, 3 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckwell Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Newport, Court Farm Solar grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Rhewl Farm Solar Park, Chepstow, Shirenewton grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 8.4 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 31 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 37 km |
Place
Other power plants in Wales
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- Ffestiniog360 MW
- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 MW
- Anglesey Biomass Power Station299 MW
- Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay240 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd228 MW
- Carnedd Wen Wind Farm150 MW
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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.