Power plant · Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Langstone Court Road Solar Farm

Langstone Court Road Solar Farm is a solar power plant in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationNewport (coordinates), WalesDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (operational)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year2013DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date9 Nov 2011 (permit 11/0311, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Newport)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date25 Mar 2011 (reference 11/0311, planning authority Newport)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date9 Nov 2011 (granted, reference 11/0311, planning authority Newport)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity2.5 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologySolar PhotovoltaicsDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area5.6 ha (solar site area)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.6013, -2.9095DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

  1. Commissioned
  2. Permit granted (planning authority Newport, reference 11/0311)
  3. Permit applied for (planning authority Newport, reference 11/0311)

How it compares

Langstone Court Road Solar Farm is the 205th-largest of 249 power plants in Wales and the 2,227th-largest of 2,942 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 MW is <0.1% of the 105,383 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Wales205th of 24910,492 MW<0.1%
United Kingdom2,227th of 2,942105,383 MW<0.1%
All power plants in our data10,722nd of 12,2301,691,896 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines, 1 AI supercomputer, 1 substation and 1 grid connection (11.4 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Vantage Data Centers - CWL13Data center——10.0 km
Vantage Data Centers data center, NewportData center——10 km
Centerprise International NewportData center——10 km
Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material ChangeTransmission line—Planned29 km
Hinkley Point C ConnectionTransmission line—Permitted31 km
University of Bristol Isambard-AIAI supercomputer5,448 H100eOperating32 km
Alderton PrimarySubstation——48 km
Castle Combe PV grid connectionGrid connection11.4 MWOperating49 km

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