The Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has finalised the acquisition of the former Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan with long-term plans to transform it into a new renewable energy hub with the potential to create thousands of new jobs.
The city region, made up of the 10 local authorities of South East Wales, has bought the decommissioned former coal powered station and nearly 500 acres of land, from energy giant RWE in a £8m deal (plus VAT). Funded by the CCR’s £1.2bn City Deal, it has committed a further £30.4m to demolish the power plant and fund remediation and redevelopment work.
The coal powered 1,560 megawatt plant, which began energy generation back in 1970, ceased producing electricity for the National Grid in 2019. It was RWE’s last coal-fired station in the UK.
