Abergelli
Abergelli is a 7.68 MW solar farm in Wales, operated by Anesco. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- PV
- Wales
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 7.68 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SA5 7NN
- Coordinates
- 51.7007, -3.9476
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Abergelli compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 7.68 MW station would generate roughly 6.7 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,490 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) sites generate electricity from sunlight. Panels produce direct current, which inverters convert to alternating current for the grid. Output follows daylight and the seasons, so annual generation is a small fraction of the maximum possible.
All UK solar farms Solar farms in Wales All run by AnescoNearby generating sites
- Rhydypandy Β· 6.38 MW solar farm1.4 km
- SPD 4 - Gelliwern Β· 6.24 MW solar farm3.1 km
- Mynydd y Gwair Β· 32.8 MW onshore wind farm6.3 km
- Carn Nicholas Β· 9.9 MW solar farm8.1 km
- Cockett Valley Β· 5 MW solar farm8.2 km
- Pen-Y-Cae Β· 6.76 MW solar farm11.2 km
- Saron Β· 6.33 MW solar farm11.6 km
- Baglan Bay Power Station Β· 525 MW power station15.3 km
Also operated by Anesco
Anesco operates 136 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Abergelli Glas Solar Farm
- Developer / operator
- Foresight
- Planning authority
- Swansea
- Planning reference
- 2013/0135
- Application submitted
- 18 February 2013
- Permission granted
- 28 May 2013
- Construction started
- 1 November 2014
- Began operating
- 15 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 7.7 MW
- Address
- Land at Abergelli Farm Felindre Swansea, Powys, SA5 7NN
- REPD reference
- 1953
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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