Wharrels Hill Wind Farm— 10.4 MW Wind
Wharrels Hill Wind Farm is a 10.4 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Wharrels Hill Windfarm Ltd/National Windpower since its commissioning. Ranked #390 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 10.4 MW represents 0.03% 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 Wharrels Hill 115 times smaller. Nearby plants include Fellside CHP (180 MW, Cogeneration), Robin Rigg Wind Farm (174 MW, Wind), and Robin Rigg East (90 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Cumbria, approximately 50 km southwest of Carlisle.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 985. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #23,588 worldwide by installed capacity
- #4,062 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.01% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
Wharrels Hill Windfarm Ltd/ National Windpower operates 1 plants totalling 10 MW
138 plants within 100 km, 9,487 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Wharrels Hill Wind Farm is a wind power plant producing approximately 27 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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