High Sharpley
High Sharpley is a 2.6 MW onshore wind farm in North East England, operated by RES Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 2.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- SR7 0NJ
- Coordinates
- 54.8403, -1.3375
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 High Sharpley compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 2.6 MW station would generate roughly 5.9 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 2,190 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 North East All run by RES GroupNearby generating sites
- South Sharpley Wind Farm Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm4.1 km
- Great Eppleton (ex NFFO) Β· 4.1 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Great Eppleton RO Β· 4.1 MW onshore wind farm5.9 km
- Peterlee Β· 5 MW solar farm7.5 km
- High Haswell Wind Farm Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm8.4 km
- Hare Hill Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm9.2 km
- Hare Hill RO Β· 2.75 MW onshore wind farm9.2 km
- Haswell Moor Circuit 1 Β· 5.15 MW onshore wind farm9.5 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 MW
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm50 MW
- Hill of Towie Wind Farm (GB) Β· onshore wind farm48.3 MW
- Crossdykes Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm48 MW
- Blary Hill Β· onshore wind farm35 MW
- Tormywheel Β· onshore wind farm30.8 MW
- Garreg Llwyd (GB) Β· onshore wind farm30.4 MW
- Solwaybank Β· onshore wind farm30.4 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
- High Sharpley Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light & Power)
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning reference
- 02/221
- Application submitted
- 9 April 2002
- Permission granted
- 13 June 2002
- Began operating
- 1 December 2006
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.6 MW
- Address
- High Sharpley and South Sharpley Farms Near Seaham County Durham, County Durham
- REPD reference
- 3092
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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