Renewable energy projects in Torfaen
10 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are located in Torfaen (REPD, July 2026 extract): 3 pending, 3 approved but not running, 1 operational and 0 refused.
10projects in the council area
3awaiting a decision
3approved, not running
1operational
How Torfaen decides
Torfaen has 6 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Projects in Torfaen
Projects of 1 MW and more (6)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mynydd Maen Wind Farmwind farm | wind farm | 54.6 | application submittedupdated Apr 2025 | Feb 2025 | — | Apr 2025 |
| Pentre Bach Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 20 | application submittedupdated Apr 2025 | Jan 2025 | — | Apr 2025 |
| Mamhilad Solar Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 5 | operationalupdated Feb 2020 | Aug 2015 | granted Dec 2015 | Feb 2020 |
| Land East of Panteg Waysolar farm | solar farm | 5 | abandonedupdated Apr 2016 | Sep 2015 | granted Dec 2015 | Apr 2016 |
| Ty Coch Hollybush Waysolar farm | solar farm | 3 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Oct 2019 | Jul 2019 | granted Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| Sluvad Road Water Treatment Workssolar farm | solar farm | 1 | abandonedupdated Sep 2019 | Oct 2018 | — | Sep 2019 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (4)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Grange University Hospital, Caerleon Road Solar Car Portssolar farm | solar farm | 0.7 | approved, not builtupdated Mar 2026 | May 2025 | granted Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| EFG Food And Technology Parkrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.5 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Mar 2019 | Jan 2019 | granted Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| Sluvad Road Water Treatment Worksbattery storage | battery storage | — | abandonedupdated Sep 2019 | Oct 2018 | — | Sep 2019 |
| Pentre Bach Solar Farmbattery storage | battery storage | — | application submittedupdated Apr 2025 | Jan 2025 | — | Apr 2025 |
Postcode districts in Torfaen
32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Projects belong to Torfaen by location (nearest postcode to the REPD grid reference); decisions are counted by the planning authority named in REPD.