Hoplass
Hoplass is a 10.3 MW solar farm in Wales, operated by Greencoat Capital. 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
- 10.3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SA71 5TG
- Coordinates
- 51.6630, -5.0252
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 Hoplass compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 10.3 MW station would generate roughly 9.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,350 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Little Neath Β· 6.14 MW solar farm0.1 km
- Pembroke Β· 2,199 MW gas-fired power station2.5 km
- Dragon LNG Β· 9.97 MW solar farm4.7 km
- Wear Point Wind Farm Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm4.8 km
- Chapel Hill Β· 10.1 MW solar farm5.8 km
- Castle Pill Farm 1 - A, C Β· 3.15 MW onshore wind farm6.9 km
- West Farm Β· 7.63 MW solar farm9.4 km
- North Tenement Β· 5 MW solar farm12.9 km
Also operated by Greencoat Capital
Greencoat Capital operates 195 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
- Hoplass Farm
- Developer / operator
- Kronos Solar
- Planning authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Planning reference
- 12/1000/PA
- Application submitted
- 6 February 2013
- Permission granted
- 16 April 2014
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 13 March 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- Land at Hoplass Farm, Roscrowther, Pembrokeshire, SA71 5TG
- REPD reference
- 5257
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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