Nanthenfoel
Nanthenfoel is a 5 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
- 5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Anesco
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SA48 7NP
- Coordinates
- 52.1511, -4.1352
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 Nanthenfoel 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 AnescoNearby generating sites
- Brechfa Forest West Β· 57.4 MW onshore wind farm18.8 km
- Llangwyryfon Β· 9.35 MW onshore wind farm18.8 km
- Alltwalis Β· 23 MW onshore wind farm20.5 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 1 Β· 13.5 MW hydroelectric station31.3 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 4 Β· 1.25 MW small hydro scheme31.5 km
- Rheidol Hydro Scheme Gen 7 Β· 0.1 MW small hydro scheme31.5 km
- Rheidol Β· 2.4 MW onshore wind farm33.5 km
- Mynydd Gorddu Β· 10.2 MW onshore wind farm36.8 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
- Nanthenfoel Farms
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Ceredigion
- Planning reference
- A150516
- Application submitted
- 27 July 2015
- Permission granted
- 18 November 2015
- Construction started
- 30 November 2016
- Began operating
- 15 March 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 5 MW
- Address
- Land At Nanthenfoel Farm, Creuddyn Bridge, Lampeter, Ceredigion, SA48 8AZ
- REPD reference
- 5540
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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