Ryder Point Quarry Wind Turbines— 5 MW Wind
Ryder Point Quarry Wind Turbines is a 5 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Longcliffe Quarries. Ranked #563 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, it accounts for 0.02% of the 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 Ryder Point Quarry 240 times smaller. Nearby plants include Ratcliffe (2000 MW, Coal) and Templeborough Biomass Power Plant- Rotherham (42 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in Derbyshire, approximately 40 km northeast of Manchester.
8 years old
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,507. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #28,340 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,786 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
8 years in operation
Wind fleet average: 14.4 years
Longcliffe Quarries operates 1 plants totalling 5 MW
494 plants within 100 km, 35,376 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Ryder Point Quarry Wind Turbines is a wind power plant producing approximately 13 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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