List of power stations in Wales - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Power station
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s in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, sorted by type and name, with installed capacity (May 2007).

Note that the DBERR maintains a comprehensive list of UK power stations here:http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/source/electricity/page18527.html

Biomass

Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....

power stations:

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant	Port Talbot Port Talbot Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It had a population of 35,633 in 2001.-History:Port Talbot grew out of the original small port and market town of Aberafan , which belonged to the medieval Lords of Afan. The area of the parish of Margam lying on the west bank of the lower Afan...			planning approved 23 November 2009

Nuclear power stations

Nuclear power plant

A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Trawsfynydd Trawsfynydd nuclear power station Trawsfyndd nuclear power station is a disused Magnox power station situated at Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, Wales.-History:Construction of the power station, which was undertaken by a consortium involving Crompton Parkinson, International Combustion, Fairey Engineering and Richardsons Westgarth, and...	Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...	52°55′29.51"N 3°56′54.38"W	470 MW	(Closed)
Wylfa Wylfa The Wylfa Nuclear Power Station is situated just west of Cemaes Bay on the island of Anglesey, North Wales. Its location on the coast provides an excellent cooling source for its operation...	Anglesey Anglesey Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...	53°25′00"N 4°29′00"W	980 MW

Coal-fired

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

-fired power stations:

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Aberthaw Power Station Aberthaw Power Station Aberthaw Power Station refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations situated on the coast of South Wales, near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is actually located on the waterfront of the nearby villages of Gileston and West Aberthaw on Limpert Bay...	Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales...	51°23′14"N 3°24′18"W	1500 MW
Uskmouth Power Station Uskmouth Power Station The Uskmouth power stations refers to a series of two coal-fired power station at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales. The first of the two station, Uskmouth A power station, was built in the 1950s and demolished in the 1990s...	Near Newport Newport Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...	51°32′57"N 2°58′14"W	393 MW
Carmarthen Bay Power Station	Burry Port Burry Port Burry Port is a small town five miles outside the larger centre of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the Loughor estuary. The town's population is roughly 8,000 although in the 2001 census there were 4209 residents....		360MW	(Closed)

Gas-fired (or combined gas/coal)

Gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

(or combined gas/coal) fired power stations:

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Baglan Bay power station Baglan Bay power station Baglan Bay power station is a 525MWe gas-fired power station situated on Baglan Moors just west of Port Talbot in Wales.-History:The power was built on the site of the former Isopropanol BP chemicals in September 2003, costing £300m. At the time of its development, it was considered the most...	Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....	51°37′11"N 3°49′47"W	870 MW
Barry Power Station Barry Power Station Barry Power Station is a 230MWe gas-fired power on Sully Moors Road in Sully in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is eight miles west of Cardiff and is next to a large Ineos Vinyls chemicals works that makes PVC and a Hexion Chemicals plant.-History:...		51°24′29"N 3°13′43"W	245MW
Connah's Quay Power Station Connah's Quay Power Station Connah's Quay Power Station is a 1,420 MW gas-fired power station to the west of Connah's Quay in Flintshire in north Wales. It is next to the A548, being tightly situated between the road and the south bank of the River Dee.-History:...	Flintshire Flintshire Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...	53°13′56"N 3°04′53"W	1380 MW
Deeside Power Station Deeside Power Station Deeside Power Station is a 498 MWe gas-fired power on Weighbridge Road, near the A548, on the Deeside Industrial Park to the north of Connah's Quay in Flintshire, north Wales. It is north of the River Dee.-History:...	Flintshire Flintshire Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...	53°14′02"N 3°02′02"W	500 MW
Pembroke Power Station Pembroke Power Station Pembroke B Power Station is a 2,000 MWe natural gas-fired power station currently under construction near Pembroke in Wales. The new power station is being built on the site of the former oil-fired power station which closed in 1997 and demolished in 2000....		51°40′59"N 4°59′18"W	2000MW	(planning approved 2009)
Port Talbot Power Station Port Talbot Power Station Port Talbot Power Station is a proposed 1,100 MWe natural gas-fired power station, and 350 MW biomass power station, in Port Talbot, situated in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales.-History:...		51°35′46"N 3°46′52"W	1300MW	proposed
Shotton Power Station Shotton Power Station Shotton Combined Heat and Power Station is a 210 MWe gas-fired CHP power station in Flintshire, Wales.It is located on Weighbridge Road in Deeside, near the A548 in Shotton, Flintshire.-History:...	Flintshire Flintshire Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...	53°14′02"N 3°01′58"W	210MW	CHP
Uskmouth Power Station Uskmouth Power Station The Uskmouth power stations refers to a series of two coal-fired power station at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales. The first of the two station, Uskmouth A power station, was built in the 1950s and demolished in the 1990s...		51°32′57"N 2°58′14"W	800MW	(Planning approved 2007)

Hydro-electric

Hydro-electric power stations:

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Dinorwig Power Station Dinorwig power station The Dinorwig Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, north Wales...	Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...	53°7′7"N 4°6′50"W	1728 MW	(pumped storage)
Dolgarrog Hydro Power Station	Conwy (county borough) Conwy (county borough) Conwy County Borough is a unitary authority area in North Wales.-Geography:It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, and has a total population of about 110,000.The River Conwy, after...		15 & 18 MW
Ffestiniog Power Station Ffestiniog power station The Ffestiniog Power Station is a 360 MW pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme near Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, United Kingdom. The power station at the lower reservoir has four water turbines, which can generate 360 megawatts of electricity within 60 seconds of the need arising. ...	Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...	52°58′51"N 3°58′8"W	360 MW	(pumped storage)
Rheidol Power Station Rheidol Power Station Rheidol power station is a 56 MW hydroelectric scheme near Aberystwyth, Wales. It was built between 1957 and 1962 and was officially opened on 3 July 1964. It has been operated by Statkraft since 2008 after it was transferred from E.ON UK as part of a swap for shares....	Ceredigion Ceredigion Ceredigion is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. As Cardiganshire , it was created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later...	52°23′46"N 3°54′00"W	49 MW
River Tawe Barrage	Swansea Swansea Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...	51°36′58"N 3°55′44"W
Cwm Dyli Hydro Power Station	Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...		10 MW
Maentwrog Hydro Power Station	Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...		30 MW

Wind Power

Wind power

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....

generating facilities:

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Alltwalis Wind Farm Alltwalis Wind Farm The Alltwalis Wind Farm is a wind farm near Brechfa Forest located to the north of the town of Carmarthen in Wales.The facility is composed of 10 wind turbines that will have a combined installed capacity of 23 megawatts. The expected annual production of electricity is around 65 gigawatt...	Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...	51°58′24"N 4°15′3"W	23 MW
Brechfa Forest Wind Farm Brechfa Forest Wind Farm Brechfa Forest Wind Farm comprises two wind farms which are planned to be built in Brechfa Forest in Carmarthenshire in southwest Wales. The two wind farms are proposed by RWE npower renewables. The Brechfa Forest West development, located near the Afon Pib valley will consist of 28 turbines with a...	Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...		90 MW
Carno wind farm Carno wind farm Carno Wind Farm started operation in October 1996. It covers an area of over 600 hectares on Trannon Moor, a plateau to the west of the village of Carno in Powys, Mid Wales, above sea level.Carno currently has the largest production capacity in Wales....	Carno Carno Carno is a village in Powys, Mid Wales. It is located on the main A470 road between Llanbrynmair & Caersws.The local railway station, on the Cambrian Line, closed as part of the Beeching closures in the 1965. An ongoing campaign started in August 2009 for its reopening, with the Welsh Assembly... , Powys Powys Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is... , Mid Wales Mid Wales Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...	52°33′1"N 3°36′1"W	49 MW
Cefn Croes Cefn Croes Cefn Croes is a wind farm in Ceredigion, Wales. It is located in the Cambrian Mountains, just south of the A44 road between Aberystwyth and Llangurig, in west Wales. The construction of the wind farm commenced in February 2004, and was completed in the spring of 2005 when the 39 wind turbines... wind farm	Ceredigion Ceredigion Ceredigion is a county and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. As Cardiganshire , it was created in 1282, and was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later...	52°24′18"N 3°45′03"W	58.5 MW
Moel Maelogen	Conwy Conwy Conwy is a walled market town and community in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. The town, which faces Deganwy across the River Conwy, formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. Conwy has a population of 14,208...	53°08′07"N 3°43′25"W	14.3 MW
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm	Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea. The bay is a classic example of a region of freshwater influence...	53°26′N 3°24′W	60 MW
Rhyd-y-Groes	Anglesey Anglesey Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...		7 MW
Rhyl Flats Rhyl Flats Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm is a 25 turbine wind farm approximately 8 km north east of Llandudno in North Wales. It is Wales' second offshore wind farm and the third offshore wind farm to be built within Liverpool Bay...	Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between northeast Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea. The bay is a classic example of a region of freshwater influence...	53°22′N 03°39′W	90 MW
Gwynt y Môr Gwynt y Môr Gwynt y Môr is a proposed 576 MW offshore wind farm located off the coast of North Wales. Planning consent for the project was granted on the 3rd of December 2008, and construction is expected to begin in 2011 with final commissioning in 2014....	Irish Sea Irish Sea The Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Atlantic Ocean in the north by the North Channel. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man...	53°27′N 03°35′W	576 MW	(consent granted 2008, construction to begin 2011)

Tidal Power

Name	Location	Coordinates	Output	Notes
Severn Barrage Severn Barrage The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary. Ideas for damming or barraging the Severn estuary have existed since the 19th century. The building of such a barrage would be a huge engineering feat,...			8600 MW	proposed