Baglan Bay Energy Park
Parc Ynni Bae Baglan
Baglan Bay Energy Park
Parc Ynni Bae Baglan
Baglan Bay is one of the largest regeneration projects in South Wales alongside Coed Darcy, the £1.2 billion transformation of the former Llandarcy oil refinery.
The former BP Baglan Bay was one of the largest petrochemical sites in Europe, and at its peak in the late 1970s, employed around 2,500 workers. St. Modwen is working with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to re-develop the site on a planned and phased basis over the next 25 years to help bring jobs back to Baglan Bay.
Baglan Energy Park is the first stage in the regeneration of Baglan Bay. The vision for the area is the phased development of business and manufacturing opportunities on a low-density, high quality landscaped site. The development is situated adjacent to the M4 and has on-site power generation offering advantaged energy costs to businesses located on the Park.
Emerging as one of Wales’ premier business and industrial locations, the Energy Park has already attracted world class investment from a range of companies.
Parc Ynni Bae Baglan
Aerial View of Baglan Bay Energy Park
What is in Baglan Bay Energy Park?
Parc Ynni Bae Baglan - Beth sydd yna?
Baglan Bay Power Station was built on the land of the former BP Chemicals plant in 2003 costing 30 million.
Businesses in Baglan Bay benefit from lower energy costs because of the Baglan Bay power station.
Click on the link to find out what businesses are in Baglan Bay
In the 19th century, coal, tinplate and pottery were exported from Baglan Pill. Baglan Bay Tinplate Company was one of a number of factories in Baglan/Briton Ferry. The Neath Port Talbot area was initially an area of quiet rural uplands, rivers and deserted mudflats, but during the nineteenth century the industrialisation of the Swansea and Neath valleys and the advent of the railway from London to west Wales made the area highly attractive to companies who wished to take advantage of the improved transport system and the raw materials. The Baglan Bay Tinplate Company began in the 1880s and continued until the 1960s.
Views of Baglan Bay Tinplate works, Whitford and Albion Works - Approx 1950
In 1963 BP opened a petrochemical plant at Baglan Bay, partly to benefit from the proximity of the BP Oil Refinery at Llandarcy, which could supply feedstocks. By 1968, BP Baglan Bay was one of the largest petrochemical sites in Europe, employing 2500 workers at its peak in 1974. However, market changes led to the gradual closure of the facility between 1994 and 2004.
Baglan Bay Art Work
Paul Griffiths 'Baglan Bay' watercolour
Andrew Vicari - Baglan Bay at night
Swansea Waterfront Museum