Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Docks Way Solar Farm
Docks Way Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 2.37 MW of capacity, operated by Newport City Council.
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 (planning authority), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Docks Way, Disposal Site, NP10 8HP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Dec 2021 (permit 21/0346, 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 | 25 Mar 2021 (reference 21/0346, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Dec 2021 (granted, reference 21/0346, planning authority Newport) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Newport City Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.37 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 | 7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5611, -2.9995 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Docks Way Solar Farm is the 146th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,765th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.37 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 146th of 177 | 16,801 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,765th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,947th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 334 grid connections, 10 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport, Docksway Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Newport, Docks Way, Newport NP20 2NY grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Newport Associated British Ports grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
Operator and place
More from Newport City Council
- Docks Way - Solar Panels1.01 MW · permitted
- Docks Way Disposal Site, Docks Way - Battery Energy Storage System1 MW · permitted
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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.
- 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.