Power plant · Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Maelor Gasworks - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Maelor Gasworks - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, with 5.7 MW of capacity, operated by Novus Renewable Services 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 | Wrexham (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Wales And West Utilities, Access Roads To Maelor Gasworks, Cross Lanes, Wrexham, LL13 0UW | 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 | 9 Nov 2022 (permit P/2021/0676, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jul 2021 (reference P/2021/0676, planning authority Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Nov 2022 (granted, reference P/2021/0676, planning authority Wrexham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Novus Renewable Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.7 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 | 9.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0277, -2.9216 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Wrexham, reference P/2021/0676)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wrexham, reference P/2021/0676)
How it compares
Maelor Gasworks - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 134th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,468th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.7 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 134th of 177 | 16,801 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,468th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,594th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers, 4 transmission lines, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 34 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 37 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 37 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 38 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 39 km |
Operator and place
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- Oaks Farm - Solar Farm37 MW · permitted
- Ducklington Solar Farm36 MW · under construction
- Marsh Lane, Gowhole - Energy Storage System30 MW · permitted
- The Village Of Halse - Solar Array25 MW · permitted
Other power plants in Wales
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Ffestiniog360 MW
- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 MW
- Anglesey Biomass Power Station299 MW
- Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay240 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd228 MW
- Carnedd Wen Wind Farm150 MW
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.
- © 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.
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