Power plant · Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub
Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub is a cancelled power plant in Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Convatec Limited.
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 | Caerphilly (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 1 - 2 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate, Rhymney, Tredegar, NP22 5RL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Apr 2025 (reference CAS-02977-Y9F1W7, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Nov 2025 (refused, reference CAS-02977-Y9F1W7, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Convatec Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7632, -3.2929 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP), reference CAS-02977-Y9F1W7)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP), reference CAS-02977-Y9F1W7)
How it compares
Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub is the 231st-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 2,742nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 231st of 424 | 9,068 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,742nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,380th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.