Great Orton
Great Orton is a 3.96 MW onshore wind farm in North West England, operated by EDF Energy. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 3.96 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- EDF Energy
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CA7 0JY
- Coordinates
- 54.8706, -3.0720
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 Great Orton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 3.96 MW station would generate roughly 9.0 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,340 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 North West All run by EDF EnergyNearby generating sites
- Carlisle Estate Β· 5 MW solar farm8.8 km
- High Pow Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm11.9 km
- Wreay Β· 4.98 MW solar farm12.6 km
- Beckburn Β· 31.1 MW onshore wind farm15.8 km
- Hellrigg Β· 9.2 MW onshore wind farm17.7 km
- Hallburn Farm Wind Farm Β· 13.2 MW onshore wind farm18.4 km
- Chapelcross Β· 196 MW nuclear power station18.5 km
- Gedulah Β· 18.3 MW solar farm19.2 km
Also operated by EDF Energy
EDF Energy operates 48 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point C Β· nuclear power station3,260 MW
- West Burton A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,012 MW
- Cottam Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,008 MW
- Heysham 2 Β· nuclear power station1,240 MW
- Torness Β· nuclear power station1,200 MW
- Sizewell B Β· nuclear power station1,198 MW
- Hartlepool Β· nuclear power station1,185 MW
- Heysham 1 Β· nuclear power station1,060 MW
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
- Cumbria Wind Farms
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Application submitted
- 26 February 1998
- Permission granted
- 15 June 1999
- Began operating
- 21 December 1999
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Near Carlisle Cumbria, Cumbria
- REPD reference
- 3491
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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