Potato Pot is a 7.2 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Capital Dynamics. Ranked #498 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 7.2 MW accounts for 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 Potato Pot 166.7 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km 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 England, approximately 40 km south of Carlisle.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,266. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #26,501 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,574 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
Capital Dynamics operates 5 plants totalling 180 MW
134 plants within 100 km, 9,518 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Potato Pot is a wind power plant producing approximately 19 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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