Biglis
Biglis is a 4.97 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
- 4.97 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CF63 1BL
- Coordinates
- 51.4233, -3.2395
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 Biglis compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.97 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Derwyn Β· 4.66 MW solar farm5.3 km
- Sutton Mawr Β· 7.52 MW solar farm6.7 km
- Home Farm Β· 3.06 MW solar farm6.8 km
- Llancadle Β· 4.99 MW solar farm10.3 km
- Treguff Β· 3.74 MW solar farm11.7 km
- West Hall Β· 5.51 MW solar farm11.8 km
- Aberthaw B Power Station Β· 1,586 MW coal-fired power station12.3 km
- Cardiff Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm13.2 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
- Biglis Farm
- Developer / operator
- Conergy West Sussex
- Planning authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Planning reference
- 2015/00573/FUL
- Application submitted
- 28 May 2015
- Permission granted
- 2 October 2015
- Construction started
- 15 January 2016
- Began operating
- 31 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Biglis Farm, Argae Lane, Barry, South Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan, CF63 1BL
- REPD reference
- 5289
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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