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Oldside Wind Farm is a 5.4 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Windprospect since 2012. Ranked #553 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 5.4 MW represents 0.02% of the United Kingdom'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 Oldside 222.2 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 North West England, approximately 30 km south of Carlisle.

Capacity
5.4 MW
Commissioning Year
Owner
Windprospect (a subsidiary of Windcluster Ltd.)
Location
54.6596°, -3.5564°

United Kingdom, Europe

Context & rankings
  • 1,468. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
  • #28,047 worldwide by installed capacity
  • #4,757 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
Operator portfolio

Windprospect (a subsidiary of Windcluster Ltd.) operates 3 plants totalling 14 MW

Regional density

137 plants within 100 km, 10,006 MW combined

Nearest plant: Iggesund Paperboard CHP Plant (0.8 km)

Location

Coordinates:: 54.659600, -3.556400
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Carbon Footprint

Zero Direct Emissions

Oldside Wind Farm is a wind power plant producing approximately 14 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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Total Plants
155.3 GW
Total Capacity
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