List of power stations in Wales
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Wales, sorted by type and name, with installed capacity.
Note that the DBERR maintains a comprehensive list of UK power stations here:
Biomass
power stations:Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Uskmouth B | Newport | 51°32'58.41"N 2°58'11.51"W | 260 MW | Initially burning coal up until 2017 the station is now planned to start burning Biomass and Waste in 2021 |
Nuclear power stations
Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Trawsfynydd | Gwynedd | 470 MW | ||
Wylfa | Anglesey | 980 MW |
Coal-fired
-fired power stations:Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Aberthaw Power Station | Vale of Glamorgan | 1500 MW | ||
Uskmouth A Power Station | Near Newport | 228 MW | ||
Uskmouth B Power Station | Near Newport | 393 MW | Intermittent biomass firing | |
Cardiff | Cardiff | 87.6 MW | Commissioned 1922-8, 1942-3 operational 1959 | |
Carmarthen Bay Power Station | Burry Port | 360 MW | ||
Llanelly | Llanelly | 25 MW | operating 1959 | |
Marchweil | Wrexham | 12.41 MW | operating 1959 | |
Newport Power Station | Newport | 80 MW | operating 1959 | |
Rogerstone Power Station | Near Newport | 126 MW | ||
Llynfi Power Station | Bridgend | 120 MW | ||
Tir John Power Station | Swansea | 81 MW | ||
Upper Boat Power Station | Pontypridd | 80 MW |
Gas-fired (or combined gas/coal)
fired power stations:Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Baglan Bay power station | Neath Port Talbot | 582 MW | ||
Barry Power Station | Vale of Glamorgan | 245 MW | decommissioned in 2019 | |
Connah's Quay Power Station | Flintshire | 1380 MW | Originally coal-fired PF, 6x Parsons 30 MW turbines. Commissioned 1955. | |
Deeside Power Station | Flintshire | 500 MW | ||
Pembroke Power Station | Pembroke | 2000 MW | operational 2012 | |
Severn Power Station | Uskmouth | 824 MW | ||
Shotton Power Station | Flintshire | 210 MW | CHP | |
BioGen Gwyriad | Gwynedd | 3.5 MW | biogas |
Hydro-electric
power stations:Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Dinorwig Power Station | Gwynedd | 1728 MW | ||
Dolgarrog Hydro Power Station | Conwy | 33 MW | commissioned 1909 operational 1959 | |
Dolgelley | Dolgelly | 82 kW | hydro + oil engine | |
Ffestiniog Power Station | Gwynedd | 360 MW | ||
Machynlleth A and B | 250 kW, 4.258 MW | hydro + oil engine | ||
Maentwog | 24 MW | commissioned 1928 operational 1929 | ||
Rheidol Power Station | Ceredigion | 49 MW | ||
River Tawe Barrage | Swansea | |||
Cwm Dyli Hydro Power Station | Gwynedd | 10 MW | commissioned 1906 operational 1959 | |
Maentwrog Hydro Power Station | Gwynedd | 30 MW | ||
Towyn | Towyn | 950 kW | hydro + oil engine | |
Radyr Hydro Scheme | Cardiff | 51°31'9.79"N 3°15'13.50"W | 394 kW | Hydro |
Oil-fired
-fired power stations:Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Aberystwyth Power Station | Aberystwyth | 1.75 MW | Diesel fired generators, closed by 1981 | |
Haverfordwest | Haverfordwest | 8.465 MW | Oil engines operational 1959 | |
Machynlleth B Power Station | Machynlleth | 3.99 MW | Diesel fired generators, closed by 1981 | |
Pembroke Power Station | Pembroke | 2000 MW | closed 1999, now demolished |
Wind power
generating facilities:Name | Location | Coordinates | Output | Notes |
Alltwalis Wind Farm | Carmarthenshire | 23 MW | ||
Brechfa Forest Wind Farm | Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire | 90 MW | ||
Carno wind farm | Carno, Powys, Mid Wales | 49 MW | ||
Cefn Croes wind farm | Ceredigion | 58.5 MW | ||
Moel Maelogen | Conwy | 14.3 MW | ||
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm | Liverpool Bay | 60 MW | ||
Pen y Cymoedd | Neath | 228 MW | ||
Rhyd-y-Groes | Anglesey | 7 MW | ||
Rhyl Flats | Liverpool Bay | 90 MW | ||
Gwynt y Môr | Irish Sea | 576 MW |