Quixwood Moor is a 29.9 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by NTR PLC and commissioned in 2017. Ranked #170 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 29.9 MW represents 0.1% 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 Quixwood Moor 40.1 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Torness Nuclear Power Station (1,364 MW, Nuclear), Torness (1,185 MW, Nuclear), and Fallago Rig (144 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Scotland, approximately 50 km southeast of Edinburgh.
16 years old
United Kingdom, Europe
- 453. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #16,985 worldwide by installed capacity
- #2,640 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.02% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
16 years in operation
Wind fleet average: 14.4 years
NTR PLC operates 2 plants totalling 48 MW
128 plants within 100 km, 5,829 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Quixwood Moor is a wind power plant producing approximately 79 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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