Solar · United Kingdom

Porth Wen

Under Construction49.9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 July 2022

The site

Technology: Solar
Capacity: 49.9 MW
Status: Under Construction
Operator or applicant: EDF Energy Renewables
Location: Llanbadrig, Cemaes Bay, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, LL67, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Isle of Anglesey
Planning application: 20C310B/EIA/RE

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Timeline

1 March 2016 Planning application submitted
9 March 2018 Planning permission granted
1 June 2022 Construction started
9 March 2023 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

Storm Darragh damages newly commissioned Anglesey solar farm panelsEIR-0752 · 2024

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Incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom

The register holds 86 incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom, 59 of them fires, and 344 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Fire involving solar panels at a Market Harborough house spreads to an adjoining propertyEIR-1554 · 2026
Solar inverter fire on agricultural building in ShropshireEIR-1548 · 2026
Fire damages solar panel batteries in a Teignmouth garageEIR-1523 · 2026
Fire damages roof with one solar panel in The CharltonsEIR-1522 · 2026
Solar panels on flat roof alight at terraced building in NewquayEIR-1521 · 2026

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