Lowca Wind Farm is a 4.7 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Windprospect. Ranked #586 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, it represents 0.02% 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 Lowca Wind Farm 255.3 times smaller. Nearby plants include Fellside CHP (180 MW, Cogeneration), Robin Rigg Wind Farm (174 MW, Wind), and Robin Rigg West (90 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Cumbria, approximately 10 km from the town of Whitehaven.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,881. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #29,946 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,847 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
Windprospect operates 3 plants totalling 12 MW
132 plants within 100 km, 9,584 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Lowca Wind Farm is a wind power plant producing approximately 12 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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