Mynydd Portref Wind Farm extension— 12 MW Wind
Mynydd Portref Wind Farm extension is a 12 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by REG Windpower. Ranked #370 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, this facility accounts for 0.04% 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 Mynydd Portref 100 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Aberthaw B (1586 MW, Coal), Aberthaw Power Station Biomass (1500 MW, Biomass), and Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station (1250 MW, Nuclear). The plant is located in Wales, approximately 20 km west of Cardiff.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 902. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #22,497 worldwide by installed capacity
- #3,765 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
REG Windpower operates 5 plants totalling 32 MW
401 plants within 100 km, 12,900 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Mynydd Portref Wind Farm extension is a wind power plant producing approximately 32 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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