Taff Ely is a 9 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Npower Renewables and commissioned in 2021. Ranked #446 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom, Taff Ely's 9 MW accounts for 0.03% 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 Taff Ely 133.3 times smaller. Nearby plants include Aberthaw B (1,586 MW, Coal), Aberthaw Power Station Biomass (1,500 MW, Biomass), and Hinkley Point B Nuclear Power Station (1,250 MW, Nuclear). The facility is located in Wales, approximately 30 km southwest of Cardiff.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 1,103. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #25,131 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,359 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
Npower Renewables operates 8 plants totalling 122 MW
398 plants within 100 km, 12,897 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Taff Ely is a wind power plant producing approximately 24 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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