Power plant · Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom
Mynydd Maen - Wind Farm
Mynydd Maen - Wind Farm is a planned power plant in Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom, with 54.6 MW of capacity, operated by RES Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Torfaen (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mynydd Maen, Between Newbridge And Cwmbran, NP44 1HF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | 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 |
| Application date | 25 Feb 2025 (reference DNS/3276725, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RES Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 54.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 13 units (4.2 MW per unit) | 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 | 51.6657, -3.0383 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Mynydd Maen - Wind Farm is the 49th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 741st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 54.6 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 | 49th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.32% |
| United Kingdom | 741st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,778th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 312 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOR Welsh Water PV Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.1 km |
| SOR Brook grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Pentre Bach Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 39 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
Operator and place
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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.