🌬️ Onshore wind farm

High Hedley Hope 2 (Extension)
County Durham

Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 4 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.

4
turbines
5.2 MW
MW total
1.3 MW
per turbine

📍 4 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 54.76535 N · 1.75628 W.

High Hedley Hope 2 (Extension)

4 turbines · operational · County Durham

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionCounty Durham
Turbines4
Installed capacity5.2 MW
Turbine capacity1.3 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)EDF Energy
Turbine manufacturerNordex (secondary source)
Turbine modelN60 (secondary source)
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Nordex · N60 · 4 turbines · 1.3 MW each

Source: Wikipedia, list of onshore wind farms in England (compiled from RenewableUK's UKWED and The Wind Power), read on 2026-09-19. This is a compiled list, not a primary record. It is shown because two independent facts — turbine count and rated power — match the database exactly. Awaiting confirmation from a primary source.

♻️ Project timeline

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

→ ~203020052010201520202025today123
  1. 1Aug 2004 — Application submitted
  2. 2Jul 2005 — Permission granted
  3. 3Jun 2008 — Operational

The register also records a planning permission expiry in Jul 2012, after commissioning: an administrative date with no effect on the operating wind farm, left off the axis.

DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)

From application to operation, this scheme took about 4 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 3290.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 11 months. A planning permission on this site expired in July 2012. The scheme has been operating for about 18 years. That works out at 1.3 MW per turbine on average.

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Sources and dates

DataSourceExtract
Site, capacity, status, planning milestonesRenewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, Open Government Licence v3)Q2 2026, published 03/08/2026
Turbine positionsOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)19/08/2026
Manufacturer and modelOpenStreetMap tags, unverified — REPD does not record turbine models. Known for 41 % of UK turbines (manufacturer) and 32 % (model); some values are propagated within a site and may be wrong.19/08/2026

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