Welsh solar farm exceeds expectations in powering Swansea hospital

Health board-owned Brynwhilach installation generates enough over 50-hour period to fulfil all of Morriston site's energy needs

The UK's first solar farm owned by a health board and linked directly to a hospital has exceeded expectations by, at times, providing all the electricity needed to run the site, even during the winter months.

Health chiefs and Welsh government ministers had hoped the solar farm in south-west Wales would supply Morriston hospital in Swansea with a fifth of its energy consumption every year.