Holmside
Holmside is a 2.3 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
- 2.3 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DH9 6FF
- Coordinates
- 54.8471, -1.6776
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 Holmside compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 2.3 MW station would generate roughly 5.2 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,940 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
- Holmside RO Β· 2.75 MW onshore wind farm2.6 km
- Langley Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm2.6 km
- Greencroft Β· 4.93 MW solar farm3.5 km
- High Hedley I Β· 2.4 MW onshore wind farm10.6 km
- High Hedley II Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm10.6 km
- Broomhill Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm12.0 km
- Tow Law Β· 2.31 MW onshore wind farm13.1 km
- Kiln Pit Hill Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm15.8 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
- Holmside Hall
- Developer / operator
- E.ON UK
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning reference
- 2002/304
- Application submitted
- 31 March 2002
- Permission granted
- 16 January 2003
- Began operating
- 1 June 2004
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.8 MW
- Address
- Burnhope, Stanley, County Durham, County Durham
- REPD reference
- 3494
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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