Brynteg
Brynteg is a 14.8 MW solar farm in Wales, operated by Lightsource BP. 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
- 14.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SA15 4ND
- Coordinates
- 51.7128, -4.1781
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 Brynteg compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 14.8 MW station would generate roughly 13 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,800 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 Lightsource BPNearby generating sites
- Ffos Las Β· 5 MW solar farm4.4 km
- Pont Andrew Β· 1.54 MW solar farm7.5 km
- SPD 4 - Gelliwern Β· 6.24 MW solar farm12.8 km
- Pen-Y-Cae Β· 6.76 MW solar farm13.2 km
- Cockett Valley Β· 5 MW solar farm14.2 km
- Saron Β· 6.33 MW solar farm14.3 km
- Abergelli Β· 7.68 MW solar farm15.9 km
- Mynydd y Gwair Β· 32.8 MW onshore wind farm16.4 km
Also operated by Lightsource BP
Lightsource BP operates 129 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
- Brynteg Farm
- Developer / operator
- Brynteg Solar
- Planning authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Planning reference
- S/28898
- Application submitted
- 19 September 2013
- Permission granted
- 11 March 2014
- Construction started
- 1 September 2014
- Began operating
- 22 December 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 16.2 MW
- Address
- Land forming part of Brynteg farm adjacent to the B4309, five roads, Llanelli, Dyfed, SA15 4ND
- REPD reference
- 2363
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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