Power plant · Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom
Sun Fields, Gelli Bwch Farm -Solar Array
Sun Fields, Gelli Bwch Farm -Solar Array is a permitted power plant in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom, with 1.3 MW of capacity, operated by Hale Construction 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 | Neath Port Talbot (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Sun Fields Dream Fields Lane From B4290 To Gelli Bwch Farm Jersey Marine, SA10 6JU | 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 | 22 Apr 2025 (permit P2023/0356, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Neath Port Talbot) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 May 2023 (reference P2023/0356, planning authority Neath Port Talbot) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Apr 2025 (granted, reference P2023/0356, planning authority Neath Port Talbot) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hale Construction Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.3 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 | 4.91 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6391, -3.8499 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Neath Port Talbot, reference P2023/0356)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Neath Port Talbot, reference P2023/0356)
How it compares
Sun Fields, Gelli Bwch Farm -Solar Array is the 161st-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 2,978th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.3 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 | 161st of 177 | 16,801 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,978th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,203rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Brechfa Forest Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 43 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.