Power plant · Wales, United Kingdom
Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm
Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm is a planned wind power plant in Wales, United Kingdom, with 1,500 MW of capacity, operated by Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wales (Wales) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm Limited successfully secured PDA1 in The Crown Estate’s Leasing Round 5. PDA 1 lies wholly in Welsh Waters in the Celtic Sea. Associated onshore infrastructure is anticipated to be near Llandyfaelog, Carmarthen, Wales. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Sept 2028 (reference EN0110036, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected September 2028) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,500 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 314,810 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3277, -5.6419 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm is the largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 21st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,500 MW is 0.54% of the 278,868 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 | 1st of 157 | 16,088 MW | 9.3% |
| United Kingdom | 21st of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | 0.54% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 35th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | 0.23% |
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.