Saron
Saron is a 6.33 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
- 6.33 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Greencoat Capital
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SA18 3TW
- Coordinates
- 51.7953, -4.0184
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 Saron compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 6.33 MW station would generate roughly 5.5 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,050 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
- Pen-Y-Cae Β· 6.76 MW solar farm1.1 km
- Mynydd y Gwair Β· 32.8 MW onshore wind farm6.2 km
- Pont Andrew Β· 1.54 MW solar farm8.5 km
- SPD 4 - Gelliwern Β· 6.24 MW solar farm10.7 km
- Abergelli Β· 7.68 MW solar farm11.6 km
- Rhydypandy Β· 6.38 MW solar farm13.0 km
- Brynteg Β· 14.8 MW solar farm14.3 km
- Ffos Las Β· 5 MW solar farm17.1 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
- Saron Road solar park
- Developer / operator
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Planning reference
- E/28054
- Application submitted
- 12 April 2013
- Permission granted
- 19 September 2013
- Construction started
- 24 November 2014
- Began operating
- 15 February 2015
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.7 MW
- Address
- E/O Saron Road, N/O Dyffryn Road, Saron, Ammanford, Dyfed, Dyfed, SA18 3TW
- REPD reference
- 2355
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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