Caergarw
Caergarw is a 4.93 MW solar farm in Wales, operated by WPO UK Services. 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
- 4.93 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- WPO UK Services
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 51.5401, -3.6997
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 Caergarw compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.93 MW station would generate roughly 4.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,600 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 WPO UK ServicesNearby generating sites
- Stormy Down Β· 4.67 MW solar farm3.7 km
- Parcstormy Β· 0.7 MW solar farm4.1 km
- Seaview Β· 1.88 MW solar farm4.9 km
- Mynydd Brombil Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm5.7 km
- Pantymoch Β· 4.99 MW solar farm8.0 km
- Pantymoch CIC Β· 4.9 MW solar farm8.0 km
- Baglan Bay Power Station Β· 525 MW power station9.5 km
- Corntown Solar Β· 2.48 MW solar farm13.1 km
Also operated by WPO UK Services
WPO UK Services operates 38 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
- Caergarw Farm
- Developer / operator
- Suncredit UK (Sunventures 7)
- Planning authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Planning reference
- P2015/0692
- Application submitted
- 23 November 2015
- Permission granted
- 17 May 2016
- Construction started
- 20 December 2016
- Began operating
- 20 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 3.8 MW
- Address
- Land at Caegarw Farm, Margam, Pyle, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, CF33 6PT
- REPD reference
- 6035
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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