Abertillery Wind farm (39.6 MW)
Abertillery Wind farm is a 39.6 MW wind farm project in Newport, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 October 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 16 December 2024. It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 October 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 39.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 16 December 2024
- Operator or applicant
- RWE Renewables UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Welsh Government (NSIP)
- Planning application reference
- DNS/3278009
- Turbines
- 6
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Btw Abertillery And Abersychan, Pontypool
- Council area (by location)
- Newport
- Name in REPD
- Abertillery - Wind farm
- REPD reference
- 9313
Recorded together with Abertillery Wind farm - Battery (battery storage, application submitted).
Who decides
It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance. Welsh Government (NSIP) refused 22% of 55 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 67 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Wall Solar Park | solar farm | 75 | appeal lodged | 1.5 |
| Land North West of Magor Service Station | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 2.5 |
| Craig y Perthi Solar Farm | solar farm | 99.9 | refused | 3.5 |
| Llanwern Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 75 | operational | 4.0 |
| Court Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Leeway House, Leeway Industrial Estate | battery storage | 20.6 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Uskmouth Power Station | battery storage | 230 | under construction | 7.4 |
| Solutia UK Ltd | wind farm | 5 | operational | 8.1 |
| Uskmouth Power Station, West Nash Road | battery storage | 120 | under construction | 8.2 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.5658, -2.8457).