West Durham Wind Farm is a 24 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by ESBI. Ranked #218 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 24 MW represents 0.08% 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 this facility 50 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Lynemouth power station (420 MW, Coal), Ray (54.4 MW, Wind), and Hawthorn Pit BESS (49.9 MW, Unknown). The facility is located in England, approximately 30 km northwest of Newcastle.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 531. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #18,084 worldwide by installed capacity
- #2,968 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.02% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
ESBI operates 3 plants totalling 119 MW
154 plants within 100 km, 4,651 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
West Durham Wind Farm is a wind power plant producing approximately 63 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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