Darran
Darran is a 1.82 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
- 1.82 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NP12 0HX
- Coordinates
- 51.6863, -3.1814
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 Darran compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 1.82 MW station would generate roughly 1.6 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 590 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
- Penyrheollas Β· 4.99 MW solar farm1.9 km
- Crumlin Β· 4.55 MW solar farm2.6 km
- Hafod CIC Β· 2.78 MW solar farm4.7 km
- Singrug Β· 12 MW solar farm5.8 km
- Hendai Β· 13.4 MW solar farm6.2 km
- Hill Farm Β· 7.69 MW solar farm6.7 km
- Cwrt Henllys Β· 4.99 MW solar farm11.1 km
- Pen Bryn Oer Wind Farm Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm11.8 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
- Land at Darran Farm
- Developer / operator
- SRE (Darran)
- Planning authority
- Caerphilly
- Planning reference
- 14/0455/FULL
- Application submitted
- 29 October 2014
- Permission granted
- 10 March 2016
- Construction started
- 30 January 2017
- Began operating
- 30 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.6 MW
- Address
- Darran Farm, Argoed, Blackwood, Caerphilly, NP12 0HX
- REPD reference
- 4734
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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