West Farm
West Farm is a 7.63 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
- 7.63 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Solar Β· PV
- Operator
- Lightsource BP
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SA72 4UN
- Coordinates
- 51.6987, -4.9012
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 West Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 10% of the maximum possible output), a 7.63 MW station would generate roughly 6.7 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,480 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
- Wear Point Wind Farm Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm6.6 km
- Dragon LNG Β· 9.97 MW solar farm7.0 km
- Chapel Hill Β· 10.1 MW solar farm7.1 km
- Pembroke Β· 2,199 MW gas-fired power station7.3 km
- Jordanston Solar Farm Β· 4.63 MW solar farm7.7 km
- Castle Pill Farm 1 - A, C Β· 3.15 MW onshore wind farm7.8 km
- Little Neath Β· 6.14 MW solar farm9.3 km
- Hoplass Β· 10.3 MW solar farm9.4 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
- West Farm (Solar)
- Developer / operator
- Vogt Solar
- Planning authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Planning reference
- 12/0050/PA
- Application submitted
- 1 May 2012
- Permission granted
- 28 November 2012
- Began operating
- 28 March 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 7.7 MW
- Address
- Cosheston, Pembroke Dock, Dyfed, SA72 4UN
- REPD reference
- 1244
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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