Power plant · Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Penllergaer Solar Farm - Solar Farm
Penllergaer Solar Farm - Solar Farm is a planned power plant in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Ecap Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Swansea (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The E/O Pontlliw, S/O Felindre & N/O the M4, Swansea, SA5 7LU | 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 |
| Application date | 15 Apr 2025 (reference CAS-03127-J6W2K0, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecap Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 50 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6913, -3.9623 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP), reference CAS-03127-J6W2K0)
How it compares
Penllergaer Solar Farm - Solar Farm is the 63rd-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 1,342nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 63rd of 177 | 16,801 MW | 0.24% |
| United Kingdom | 1,342nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,556th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 transmission line and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brechfa Forest Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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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