Berthllwyd
Berthllwyd is a 4.96 MW solar farm in Wales, operated by Greencoat Capital. 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
- 4.96 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CF37 1PS
- Coordinates
- 51.5834, -3.3322
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 Berthllwyd compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.96 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,610 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Maes Bach Β· 4.56 MW solar farm3.6 km
- Mynydd Portref Β· 12 MW onshore wind farm9.3 km
- Pen Rhiw Β· 4.75 MW solar farm10.5 km
- Hendai Β· 13.4 MW solar farm10.8 km
- Taff Ely Β· 9 MW onshore wind farm11.0 km
- Ferndale Wind Farm Β· 6.4 MW onshore wind farm11.1 km
- Hill Farm Β· 7.69 MW solar farm12.3 km
- Pant y Wal Β· 52.5 MW onshore wind farm12.4 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Berthlwyd Farm
- Developer / operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Planning authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Planning reference
- 15/0777/10
- Application submitted
- 1 June 2015
- Permission granted
- 17 March 2016
- Construction started
- 12 December 2016
- Began operating
- 15 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Berthlwyd Farm, Maendy Road, Penycoedcae, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 1PS
- REPD reference
- 5560
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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