Hill Farm
Hill Farm is a 7.69 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
- 7.69 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NP11 7BB
- Coordinates
- 51.6268, -3.1679
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 Hill Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 7.69 MW station would generate roughly 6.7 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,490 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
- Singrug Β· 12 MW solar farm0.9 km
- Crumlin Β· 4.55 MW solar farm5.1 km
- Darran Β· 1.82 MW solar farm6.7 km
- Cwrt Henllys Β· 4.99 MW solar farm7.1 km
- Penyrheollas Β· 4.99 MW solar farm8.6 km
- Hendai Β· 13.4 MW solar farm8.6 km
- Michaelston Solar Farm Β· 4.17 MW solar farm9.7 km
- Hafod CIC Β· 2.78 MW solar farm11.0 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
- Penrhiwarwydd Farm
- Developer / operator
- MTS Hill Farm Solar Ltd
- Planning authority
- Caerphilly
- Planning reference
- 14/0512/FULL
- Application submitted
- 29 July 2014
- Permission granted
- 7 November 2014
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 26 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 8.5 MW
- Address
- Penrhiwarwydd Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7BB, Mid Glamorgan
- REPD reference
- 2206
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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