Kinmel 1
Kinmel 1 is a 5 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LL22 9SD
- Coordinates
- 53.2868, -3.5252
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 Kinmel 1 compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 5 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 Greencoat CapitalNearby generating sites
- Kinmel 2 Β· 4.99 MW solar farm2.2 km
- Teyrdan CIC Β· 4.62 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Teyrdan SPV Β· 4.68 MW solar farm10.9 km
- Rhyl Flats Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm12.7 km
- North Hoyle Β· 60 MW offshore wind farm15.4 km
- Clocaenog Forest Β· 96 MW onshore wind farm18.6 km
- Tir Mostyn & Foel Goch Ltd Β· 21.3 MW onshore wind farm19.0 km
- Gwynt y Mor Β· 576 MW offshore wind farm19.8 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
- Kinmel 1 CIC
- Developer / operator
- Haymaker Energy
- Planning authority
- Conwy
- Planning reference
- 0/40999
- Application submitted
- 27 August 2014
- Permission granted
- 11 March 2015
- Construction started
- 21 March 2016
- Began operating
- 27 June 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land immediately north of A547, Rhuddlan Road, Towyn, Conwy, Gwynedd
- REPD reference
- 2253
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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