Dalby
Dalby is a 7.29 MW onshore wind farm in East Midlands England, operated by Ecotricity. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 7.29 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Ecotricity
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LE14 3LY
- Coordinates
- 52.7938, -1.0316
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 Dalby compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 7.29 MW station would generate roughly 17 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 6,150 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 Midlands All run by EcotricityNearby generating sites
- Dalby Solar Β· 6.88 MW solar farm1.1 km
- Wymeswold - Wide Lane Β· 4.28 MW solar farm2.2 km
- Six Hills Β· 18.7 MW solar farm2.3 km
- Wymeswold Β· 2.13 MW solar farm5.5 km
- Asfordby B Β· 4.98 MW solar farm7.4 km
- Asfordby A Β· 4.91 MW solar farm9.3 km
- Cotgrave Β· 4.98 MW solar farm13.9 km
- Stragglethorpe Β· 5 MW solar farm14.1 km
Also operated by Ecotricity
Ecotricity operates 25 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
- Ecotricity
- Planning authority
- Melton
- Planning reference
- 10/00333/FUL
- Application submitted
- 19 May 2010
- Permission granted
- 17 December 2010
- Construction started
- 1 February 2015
- Began operating
- 15 March 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 7.2 MW
- Address
- Paddys Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE14 3LY
- REPD reference
- 3764
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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