Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 9 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.
📍 9 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 51.65772 N · 0.88835 E.
9 turbines · operational · Essex
| Status | Operational |
|---|---|
| County / region | Essex |
| Turbines | 9 |
| Installed capacity | 20.7 MW |
| Turbine capacity | 2.3 MW |
| Tip height | not recorded |
| Operator (or applicant) | Blue Energy (formerly Ridgewind Ltd) |
| Turbine manufacturer | Siemens Gamesa |
| Turbine model | not recorded |
Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.
The register also records a planning permission expiry in May 2010, in the same month as, or before, the permission was granted: it refers to an earlier permission, 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 4662.
The application was determined in about 16 months. Construction to first power took about 13 months. The register records a refusal in August 2010 before the scheme progressed. Permission was ultimately granted on appeal in May 2011. A planning permission on this site expired in May 2010. The scheme has been operating for about 12 years. That works out at 2.3 MW per turbine on average.
| Data | Source | Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Site, capacity, status, planning milestones | Renewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ, Open Government Licence v3) | Q2 2026, published 03/08/2026 |
| Turbine positions | OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) | 19/08/2026 |
| Manufacturer and model | OpenStreetMap 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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