Hook Moor Wind Farm
Hook Moor Wind Farm is a 10 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
- 10 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
- LS25 3EB
- Coordinates
- 53.8191, -1.3195
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 Hook Moor Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 10 MW station would generate roughly 23 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 8,440 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
- Ash Row Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm7.1 km
- Ferrybridge C Power Station Β· 2,000 MW coal-fired power station11.5 km
- FM1 Β· 79 MW energy-from-waste plant11.7 km
- FM2 Β· 79 MW energy-from-waste plant11.7 km
- Eggborough Power Station Β· 1,960 MW coal-fired power station16.8 km
- Primrose Hill Β· 4.35 MW solar farm17.1 km
- Pollington Airfield Β· 5 MW solar farm22.7 km
- Drax Power Station Β· 2,595 MW biomass power station23.1 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
- Marr Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm8.2 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
- Hook Moor
- Developer / operator
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Leeds
- Planning reference
- 08/01118/FU
- Application submitted
- 26 February 2008
- Permission granted
- 9 December 2011
- Construction started
- 11 March 2015
- Began operating
- 15 January 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 10.3 MW
- Address
- Land at Hook Moor , Micklefield , Leeds, West Yorkshire
- REPD reference
- 4658
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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