Hellrigg
Hellrigg is a 9.2 MW onshore wind farm in North West England, operated by RWE Npower. 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
- 9.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 54.8533, -3.3475
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 Hellrigg compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 9.2 MW station would generate roughly 21 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 7,760 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Westnewton (BEGL4) Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm8.2 km
- Gedulah Β· 18.3 MW solar farm8.4 km
- High Pow Β· 3.9 MW onshore wind farm12.4 km
- Tallentire Wind Farm (GB) Β· 12 MW onshore wind farm16.3 km
- Great Orton Β· 3.96 MW onshore wind farm17.7 km
- Chapelcross Β· 196 MW nuclear power station19.3 km
- Flimby Wind Energy Ltd Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm21.3 km
- Wythegill Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm22.9 km
Also operated by RWE Npower
RWE Npower operates 90 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Pembroke Β· gas-fired power station2,199 MW
- Didcot A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,000 MW
- Staythorpe Β· CCGT gas power station1,828 MW
- Didcot B Β· gas-fired power station1,450 MW
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,050 MW
- Triton Knoll Β· offshore wind farm857 MW
- Little Barford Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- London Array Β· offshore wind farm630 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
- Hellrigg Wind farm
- Developer / operator
- Npower Renewables
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning reference
- 2/2007/0076
- Application submitted
- 29 January 2007
- Permission granted
- 11 December 2007
- Construction started
- 1 May 2011
- Began operating
- 14 September 2011
- Capacity in planning record
- 9.2 MW
- Address
- Park Head Farm Silloth Carlisle, Cumbria
- REPD reference
- 3002
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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