Skip to main content

Region · south-wales

South Wales electricity

South Wales is one of Great Britain's 14 distribution (DNO) licence areas. It hosts 212 operational stations totalling 5.5 GW - offshore wind sits outside every DNO area, so it is deliberately not counted here.

Stations
212
Capacity
5.5 GW
Fuel types
6

Right now (modelled): - · - renewable · regional intensity is a model, not a meter reading - see all regions on the map

Fleet by fuel

Biomass
25 · 189 MW
Gas
2 · 3.2 GW
Hydro
3 · 8 MW
Solar
123 · 829 MW
Storage
6 · 84 MW
Wind
53 · 1.2 GW

Largest stations in the region

#StationCapacity (MW)TechnologyOperatorCountry
12,325Fossil FuelRWE NpowerWales
2850Fossil FuelCalon EnergyWales
3228Wind OnshoreVattenfall (previously Nuon Renewables)Wales
4228WindVattenfallWales
575Solar PhotovoltaicsNextEnergy Capital LLPWales
657.4WindRWE NpowerWales
757.4Wind OnshoreRWE Npower RenewablesWales
852.5WindPennant WaltersWales
943.7SolarLightsource BPWales
1040Biomass (dedicated)Glennmont PartnersWales