Power plant · Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Plas Power Estate Solar Farm
Plas Power Estate Solar Farm is a planned solar power plant in Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, with 57 MW of capacity, operated by Lightsource Renewable Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wrexham (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Plas Power Estate, Ruthin Road, Wrexham, LL11 3BS | 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 | 11 Jun 2024 (reference DNS/3253253, planning authority Welsh Government (NSIP)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsource Renewable Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 57 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 | 136 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0398, -3.0367 | 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 DNS/3253253)
How it compares
Plas Power Estate Solar Farm is the 42nd-largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 652nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 57 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 42nd of 157 | 16,088 MW | 0.35% |
| United Kingdom | 652nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,692nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 transmission lines, 4 data centers, 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 | 24 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 41 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 44 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 45 km |
Operator and place
More from Lightsource Renewable Energy
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- Hurst Farm, Mansfield Road - Battery Energy Storage System99.9 MW · permitted
- Pentir Substation, Pentir - Battery Energy Storage57 MW
- Plas Power Estate Solar Farm57 MW · planned
- Edge Lane, Maiden Law - Solar Farm & Battery Storage49.9 MW · permitted
- The Grange49.9 MW
- South Lowfields Farm49.9 MW
- Sheraton Hall Solar Farm49.9 MW · permitted
Other power plants in Wales
- Pembroke2,325 MW
- Dinorwig1,728 MW
- Aberthaw B1,559 MW
- Connahs Quay1,380 MW
- Severn Power Ltd850 MW
- Gwynt y Mor576 MW
- Deeside498 MW
- Ffestiniog360 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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