Cwrt Henllys
Cwrt Henllys is a 4.99 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
- 4.99 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NP44 7AS
- Coordinates
- 51.6168, -3.0664
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 Cwrt Henllys compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 4.99 MW station would generate roughly 4.4 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,620 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
- Park Farm West Β· 3.93 MW solar farm5.6 km
- Hill Farm Β· 7.69 MW solar farm7.1 km
- Singrug Β· 12 MW solar farm7.4 km
- Michaelston Solar Farm Β· 4.17 MW solar farm8.4 km
- Crumlin Β· 4.55 MW solar farm8.5 km
- Severn Power Ltd Β· 850 MW CCGT gas power station9.5 km
- Darran Β· 1.82 MW solar farm11.1 km
- Uskmouth Power Station Β· 363 MW coal-fired power station11.8 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
- Cwrt Henllys Farm
- Developer / operator
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Torfaen
- Planning reference
- 15/P/00434
- Application submitted
- 22 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 16 June 2016
- Construction started
- 29 October 2016
- Began operating
- 29 December 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Church Farm, Cwm Lane, Henllys, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 7AS
- REPD reference
- 5524
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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