Power plant · Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom
Mynydd Carn Wind Farm
Mynydd Carn Wind Farm is a permitted power plant in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom, with 34 MW of capacity, operated by Pennant Walters.
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 | Blaenau Gwent (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mynydd Carn, Y Cefn, Abertillery, NP4 | 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 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Mar 2024 (permit DNS/3270299, Welsh Government development of national significance, issued by Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Nov 2022 (reference DNS/3270299, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2024 (granted, reference DNS/3270299, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Pennant Walters | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 34 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7365, -3.1476 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Mynydd Carn Wind Farm is the 77th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 1,528th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 34 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 | 77th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 1,528th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,857th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 291 grid connections, 9 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hafod y Dafal Solar Farm, Aberbeeg grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.1 km |
| EBBW Vale, CWM, Silent Valley Waste Services (Gas) grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Blackwood Manmoel Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 49 km |
Operator and place
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- Pant y wal extension20 MW
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- Ffestiniog360 MW
- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 MW
- Anglesey Biomass Power Station299 MW
- Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay240 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd228 MW
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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.