Cotton Farm is a 16.4 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Greencoat UK Wind and commissioned in 2017. Ranked #290 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, Cotton Farm's 16.4 MW represents 0.05% of the country's total wind capacity of 30,806 MW. The largest wind plant in the United Kingdom is Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord at 1,200 MW, making Cotton Farm 73 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Little Barford Power Station (740 MW, Gas), Little Barford (720 MW, Gas), and Peterborough (240 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Cambridgeshire, approximately 80 km north of London.
9 years old
United Kingdom, Europe
- 715. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #20,790 worldwide by installed capacity
- #3,482 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
9 years in operation
Wind fleet average: 14.4 years
Greencoat UK Wind operates 14 plants totalling 309 MW
516 plants within 100 km, 19,128 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Cotton Farm is a wind power plant producing approximately 43 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~11 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Wind
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
United Kingdom- Continent
- Europe
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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