Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Court Farm
Court Farm is a solar power plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 8.5 MW of capacity, operated by BE Renewables.
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 | Newport (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land Forming Part Of Court Farm, Magor Road, NP18 2EB | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 9 Oct 2015 (permit 14/1275, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Mar 2015 (reference 14/1275, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Oct 2015 (granted, reference 14/1275, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Oct 2015 (appeal granted, reference 14/1275, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Apr 2015 (refused, reference 14/1275, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BE Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.5 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 | 13 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6016, -2.8761 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Newport, reference 14/1275)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Newport, reference 14/1275)
- Permit refused (planning authority Newport, reference 14/1275)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Newport, reference 14/1275)
How it compares
Court Farm is the 187th-largest of 451 power plants in Wales and the 2,646th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 187th of 451 | 16,665 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,646th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,276th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 data centers, 4 grid connections (2 operating, 18.4 MW), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 29 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 30 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 47 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 49 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Wales
- Pembroke2,325 MW
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Aberthaw B1,559 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Severn Power Ltd850 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Deeside498 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.