High Volts RO
High Volts RO is a 5.5 MW onshore wind farm in North East 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 East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 5.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TS27 3DT
- Coordinates
- 54.6936, -1.3003
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 Volts RO compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 5.5 MW station would generate roughly 13 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,640 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- High Volts Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm0.4 km
- Red Gap Β· 12.5 MW onshore wind farm5.4 km
- Low Burntoft Β· 5 MW solar farm5.5 km
- Blue House Β· 4.98 MW solar farm6.9 km
- Hartlepool Β· 1,185 MW nuclear power station6.9 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 1 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm7.1 km
- Walkway Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm7.1 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 2 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm7.1 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
- High Volts Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- E.ON UK
- Planning authority
- Hartlepool
- Application submitted
- 15 May 2001
- Permission granted
- 27 March 2002
- Began operating
- 1 December 2003
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.5 MW
- Address
- Potters Farm, Elwick, Hartlepool, Cleveland, Cleveland
- REPD reference
- 3495
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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