Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Craig y Perthi Solar Farm
Craig y Perthi Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, operated by JBM Solar Projects 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 | Newport (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Btw M4 and the Railway, Near Llanwern, Underwood & Bishston, Newport, NP18 2EA | 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 | 11 Apr 2024 (reference DNS/3279787, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Oct 2025 (refused, reference DNS/3279787, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | JBM Solar Projects Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 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 | 240 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5853, -2.8829 | 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 DNS/3279787)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP), reference DNS/3279787)
How it compares
Craig y Perthi Solar Farm is the 11th-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 153rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 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 | 11th of 424 | 9,068 MW | 1.1% |
| United Kingdom | 153rd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,265th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 12 data centers, 3 substations, 3 grid connections (2 operating, 18.4 MW), 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 | — | — | 11 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 30 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 47 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 48 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.
- 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.