Bryn Bachau
Bryn Bachau is a 4.57 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
- 4.57 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LL53 6RQ
- Coordinates
- 52.9075, -4.3340
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 Bryn Bachau compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.57 MW station would generate roughly 4.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,480 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
- Gelli Gron Β· 3.6 MW solar farm3.0 km
- Nefyn (Tyddyn Cae) Β· 4.92 MW solar farm9.7 km
- Croesor Β· 0.51 MW small hydro scheme23.5 km
- Maentwrog Β· 35.3 MW hydroelectric station24.1 km
- Ffestiniog Power Station Β· 360 MW pumped-storage station25.8 km
- Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station Β· 390 MW nuclear power station26.0 km
- Cwm Dyli Β· 9.9 MW hydroelectric station27.8 km
- Dinorwig Power Station Β· 1,800 MW pumped-storage station28.1 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
- Fferm Bryn Bachau
- Developer / operator
- BNRG Renewables
- Planning authority
- Gwynedd
- Planning reference
- C15/0751/41/LL
- Application submitted
- 23 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 30 September 2015
- Construction started
- 12 January 2016
- Began operating
- 29 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 4.4 MW
- Address
- Fferm Bryn Bachau, Chwilog, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 6RQ
- REPD reference
- 5190
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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