Hazlehead Wind Farm
Hazlehead Wind Farm is a 6.15 MW onshore wind farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, England, operated by The Banks Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 6.15 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- The Banks Group
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- HD9 2TR
- Coordinates
- 53.5316, -1.7312
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 Hazlehead Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 6.15 MW station would generate roughly 14 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 5,190 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 Yorkshire and the Humber All run by The Banks GroupNearby generating sites
- Blackstone Edge Β· 7.5 MW onshore wind farm2.1 km
- Royd Moor Β· 6.5 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Thornhill Β· 40 MW open-cycle gas power station16.8 km
- Park Spring Β· 8.55 MW onshore wind farm22.2 km
- Blackburn Meadows Β· 34 MW biomass power station25.3 km
- Ovenden Moor Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm30.2 km
- Penny Hill Wind Farm Β· 20.4 MW onshore wind farm33.1 km
- Marr Wind Farm Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm33.4 km
Also operated by The Banks Group
The Banks Group operates 12 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Kype Muir Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm88.4 MW
- Middle Muir Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm51 MW
- Penny Hill Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm20.4 MW
- Pates Hill Β· onshore wind farm14 MW
- Milton Keynes Β· onshore wind farm14 MW
- Armistead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm12.3 MW
- Moor House Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm12 MW
- Hook Moor Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm10 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Hazlehead
- Developer / operator
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Barnsley
- Planning reference
- 2006/1575
- Application submitted
- 5 September 2006
- Permission granted
- 8 March 2007
- Construction started
- 1 August 2010
- Began operating
- 16 December 2011
- Capacity in planning record
- 6 MW
- Address
- to the rear of Hepworth's factory, Crow Edge, South Yorkshire
- REPD reference
- 3937
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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