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Wind Power Stations Constructed in England as at May 2001 |
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| Developer | Date started |
Cap (kW) |
No. | IC (MW) |
Ht (m) |
Elev (m) |
Grid Ref |
Landscape | |
| S & W England | |||||||||
| Delabole | Windelectric | 12.91 | 400 | 10 | 4.0 | 49.0 | 250 | SX 088 855 |
Coastal, sloping in-bye |
| Carland Cross | RES | 8.92 | 400 | 15 | 6.0 | 47.0 | 150 | SW 845 545 |
Near coast, rolling in-bye |
| Goonhilly | C,wall Lt & Pr | 4.93 | 400 | 14 | 5.6 | 47.0 | 90 | SW 730 200 |
Coastal, heathland plateau |
| Cold Northcott | NWP | 4.93 | 300 | 22 | 6.8 | 41.5 | 230 | SX 220 850 |
Inland, rolling in-bye |
| St Breock | Ecogen | 7.94 | 450 | 11 | 4.9 | 53.5 | 210 | SW 970 680 |
Near coast, rolling in-bye |
| Four Burrows | New World Pr | 3.95 | 300 | 15 | 4.5 | 45.5 | 140 | SW 760 482 |
Near coast, in-bye plateau |
| Treculliacks | Windpower Co | 98? | 600 | 1 | 0.6 | 180 | SW 718 311 |
Near coast, rolling in-bye | |
| Lynch Knoll | Western Wpwr | 12.96 | 500 | 1 | 0.5 | 62.0 | 225 | SO 816 004 |
Nr crest of Cotswolds, arable plat |
| S & W England total | 8 | 89 | 32.9 | ||||||
| N & E England | |||||||||
| Haverigg 1 | Windcluster | 8.92 | 225 | 5 | 1.1 | 43.5 | 10 | SD 133 791 |
Coastal plain at foot of hills |
| Blood Hill | New Generation | 12.92 | 225 | 10 | 2.2 | 43.5 | 22 | TG 477 190 |
Coastal, flat arable land |
| Coal Clough | RES | 12.92 | 400 | 24 | 9.6 | 47.0 | 350 | SD 890 280 |
Inland rolling in-bye , moorland |
| Chelker | Yorks Water | 1.93 | 300 | 4 | 1.2 | 41.5 | 230 | SE 060 515 |
Inland, ridge at moorland edge |
| Blyth Harbour | Border Wind | 1.93 | 300 | 9 | 2.7 | 42.5 | 0 | NZ 325 810 |
Seaport harbour breakwater |
| Ovendon Moor | Yorks Windpower | 6.93 | 400 | 23 | 9.2 | 49.0 | 440 | SE 043 309 |
Inland, moorland plateau |
| Kirkby Moor | NWP | 8.93 | 400 | 12 | 4.8 | 42.5 | 300 | SD 260 830 |
Near coast, moorland hilltop |
| Royd Moor | Yorks Windpower | 11.93 | 450 | 13 | 5.9 | 53.5 | 320 | SE 220 040 |
Ridge below moorland edge |
| Caton Moor | New World Pr | 12.94 | 300 | 10 | 3.0 | 42.5 | 250 | SD 570 630 |
Near coast, sloping moorside |
| Siddick/Oldside | Windcluster | 11.96 | 600 | 16 | 9.6 | 61.0 | 10 | NX 997 311 |
Coastal, industrialised context |
| Harlock Hill | The Wind Co | 1.97 | 500 | 5 | 2.5 | 53.5 | 220 | SD 253 795 |
Nr coast, ridge below moorland |
| Great Eppleton | Border Wind | 1.97 | 750 | 4 | 3.0 | 72.0 | 150 | NZ 365 484 |
Nr coast undulating arable land |
| Haverigg 2 (ext) | The Wind Co | 7.98 | 600 | 4 | 2.4 | 0 | SD 133 791 |
Coastal plain at foot of hills | |
| Seaforth Docks | Mersey D & H | 3.99 | 600 | 6 | 3.6 | 72.0 | 0 | SJ 315 965 |
Industrialised urban seafront |
| Askam | Wind Prospect | 7.99 | 660 | 7 | 4.6 | 63.5 | 180 | SD 231 772 |
Near Coast, slope of ridge |
| Swaffham | Next Generation | 8.99 | 1500 | 1 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 70 | TF 807 097 |
Town edge rolling farmland |
| Winscales | Western Wpwr | 12.99 | 660 | 3 | 2.0 | 90 | NY 034 272 |
Rising ground near coast | |
| Great Orton 2 | Cumbria Wfms | 1.00 | 660 | 6 | 4.0 | 70 | NY 310 530 |
Near coast, undulating in-bye | |
| Lowca | Wind Prospect | 3.00 | 660 | 7 | 4.6 | 50 | NX 983 235 |
Rising ground on coast edge | |
| Kirkheaton | Border Wind | 5.00 | 600 | 3 | 1.8 | 66.0 | 230 | NZ 009 769 |
Crest of rolling farmland |
| Somerton | Next Generation | 7.00 | 1500 | 1 | 1.5 | 100.0 | 20 | TG 470 190 |
Coastal flat arable land |
| Lambrigg | NWP | 9.00 | 1300 | 5 | 6.5 | 74.0 | 330 | SD 588 936 |
Foothills w fellside backdrop |
| N & E ENGLAND total |
22 | 178 | 87.3 | ||||||
| England total | 30 | 267 | #### | ||||||
| England -Offshore |
Blyth Offshore | ### | 2000 | 2 | 4.0 | 91.0 | 0 | NZ 340 810 |
Off urban coast; Blyth Harbour 1km |
| Data collated from various published sources by Geoffrey Sinclair, Environment Information Services, Glebe House, Martletwy, Narberth, Pembrokeshire SA67 8AS tel: 01834 891331 |
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The highest turbine is 100m. in total height and is a single machine at Swaffham, Norfolk. The highest in a multi turbine installation is 74 m. at Lambrigg, Cumbria.
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