Great Orton Wind Farm (Extension)

6 turbines · operational · Cumbria

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionCumbria
Turbines6
Installed capacity4 MW
Turbine capacity0.66 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Cumbria Wind Farms
Turbine manufacturernot recorded
Turbine modelnot recorded

♻️ Project timeline

Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Scheme REPD 3491 Application submitted February 1998 Permission granted June 1999 Operational December 1999 Scheme REPD 2613 Application submitted February 1998 Permission granted June 1998 Operational February 2000

From application to operation, this scheme took about 1 year.

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 2613, Operational): 6 turbines · 0.4 MW each · applicant Great Orton Wind Farms (II) Ltd. Two schemes on one site usually mean a repowering or an extension — to be confirmed with the operator.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3491.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 16 months. The scheme has been operating for about 27 years. At that age, wind farms commonly become candidates for repowering or life extension — nothing in the register confirms such a plan here. That works out at 0.67 MW per turbine on average.

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