Power plant · Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom

Coed Ely - Solar Farm

Coed Ely - Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, with 6 MW of capacity, operated by Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationRhondda Cynon Taf (coordinates), WalesDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
AddressFormer Coedely Colliery, Off A4119, Tonyrefail, CF39 8PXDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusUnder constructionDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date5 Dec 2023 (permit 23/0994/08, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rhondda Cynon Taf)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date11 Sept 2023 (reference 23/0994/08, planning authority Rhondda Cynon Taf)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date5 Dec 2023 (granted, reference 23/0994/08, planning authority Rhondda Cynon Taf)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorRhondda Cynon Taff County Borough CouncilDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity6 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolar PhotovoltaicsDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area16.9 ha (solar site area)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.5676, -3.4161DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Construction started
  2. Permit granted (planning authority Rhondda Cynon Taf, reference 23/0994/08)
  3. Permit applied for (planning authority Rhondda Cynon Taf, reference 23/0994/08)

How it compares

Coed Ely - Solar Farm is the 130th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,433rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Wales130th of 17716,801 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom2,433rd of 3,222300,461 MW<0.1%
All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data5,556th of 6,455664,040 MW<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
CGI DatacenterData center——14 km
Centerprise International (Distribution)Data center——15 km
Microsoft Newport data centreData center——26 km
Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material ChangeTransmission line—Planned47 km

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