Chiplow
Chiplow is a 8.2 MW onshore wind farm in East of England, England, operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 8.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Cubico Sustainable Investments
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- PE31 8SR
- Coordinates
- 52.8689, 0.6919
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Chiplow compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 8.2 MW station would generate roughly 19 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 6,920 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in East of England All run by Cubico Sustainable InvestmentsNearby generating sites
- Jacks Lane (GB) Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm2.5 km
- South Creake Β· 26 MW solar farm4.8 km
- Egmere Β· 21 MW solar farm10.1 km
- Carland Cross PV Β· 10 MW solar farm10.5 km
- Snettisham Β· 2.69 MW solar farm10.6 km
- Lexham Β· 7.92 MW solar farm14.9 km
- QEH Β· 0.81 MW onshore wind farm20.6 km
- Burntstalk Farm Β· 11.5 MW solar farm22.2 km
Also operated by Cubico Sustainable Investments
Cubico Sustainable Investments operates 18 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Blue Energy
- Planning authority
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Planning reference
- 10/00883/FM
- Application submitted
- 26 May 2010
- Permission granted
- 24 May 2012
- Construction started
- 31 March 2015
- Began operating
- 30 April 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 8.2 MW
- Address
- Bewteen the villages of Bagthorpe, Barmer and Syderstone in North West Norfolk, Norfolk
- REPD reference
- 4657
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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