Recorded in WhichWindTurbine: 12 wind turbines in operation. Point the app at one of them to see its profile in real time.
📍 12 turbines mapped — each dot is a turbine recorded in the database. Average position: 54.76271 N · 1.81164 W.
12 turbines · operational · County Durham
| Status | Operational |
|---|---|
| County / region | County Durham |
| Turbines | 12 |
| Installed capacity | 24 MW |
| Turbine capacity | 2 MW |
| Tip height | not recorded |
| Operator (or applicant) | ESBI |
| Turbine manufacturer | Nordex |
| Turbine model | N50 |
Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.
The register also records a planning permission expiry in Dec 2011, 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 2955.
The application was determined in about 11 months. A planning permission on this site expired in December 2011. The scheme has been operating for about 17 years. That works out at 2 MW per turbine on average.
See all wind farms in County Durham.
| 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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