Power plant · Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Treguff Farm
Treguff Farm is a power plant in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, with 4.4 MW of capacity, operated by Lightsource Renewable Energy.
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 | Vale of Glamorgan (coordinates), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Treguff Farm, St. Mary Church, Cowbridge, CF71 7LT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2015 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 12 Aug 2014 (permit 2013/00912/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Sept 2013 (reference 2013/00912/FUL, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Jan 2014 (refused, reference 2013/00912/FUL, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Aug 2014 (granted, reference 2013/00912/FUL, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Aug 2014 (appeal granted, reference 2013/00912/FUL, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsource Renewable Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.4 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 | 10.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4312, -3.4048 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Vale of Glamorgan, reference 2013/00912/FUL)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Vale of Glamorgan, reference 2013/00912/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Vale of Glamorgan, reference 2013/00912/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Vale of Glamorgan, reference 2013/00912/FUL)
How it compares
Treguff Farm is the 292nd-largest of 424 power plants in Wales and the 3,439th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.4 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 292nd of 424 | 9,068 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,439th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,175th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Centerprise International (Distribution) | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 41 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 45 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.