🌬️ Onshore wind farm

Kirkby Moor
Cumbria

Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 12 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.

12
turbines
4.8 MW
MW total
0.4 MW
per turbine

📍 12 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 54.24225 N · 3.14309 W.

Kirkby Moor

12 turbines · operational · Cumbria

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionCumbria
Turbines12
Installed capacity4.8 MW
Turbine capacity0.4 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Npower Renewables
Turbine manufacturerVestas (secondary source)
Turbine modelWD34 (secondary source)
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Vestas · WD34 · 12 turbines · 0.4 MW each

Source: Wikipedia, list of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom (compiled from 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.

20152016201712
  1. 1Feb 2015 — Application submitted
  2. 2Nov 2015 — Refused

DevelopmentConstructionOperationAhead (repowering horizon at 22 years)

The register links a second scheme on this site (REPD ref 3637, Application Refused): 6 turbines · 3 MW each · 115 m tip height · applicant RWE Renewables. 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 2713.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 30 months. A planning permission on this site expired in June 2019. The scheme has been operating for about 33 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 0.4 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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