Kirkby Moor
Kirkby Moor is a 4.8 MW onshore wind farm in North West England, operated by Venitent Energy Services. 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
- 4.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Venitent Energy Services
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- LA17 7UN
- Coordinates
- 54.2575, -3.1357
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 Kirkby Moor compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 4.8 MW station would generate roughly 11 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,050 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 Venitent Energy ServicesNearby generating sites
- Haverigg III Β· 3.4 MW onshore wind farm14.2 km
- Walney 04 Β· 329 MW offshore wind farm22.1 km
- Ormonde Β· 150 MW offshore wind farm27.2 km
- Heysham 1 Β· 1,060 MW nuclear power station28.3 km
- Heysham 2 Β· 1,240 MW nuclear power station28.3 km
- FannyHouse Β· 4.94 MW solar farm28.3 km
- Heysham South Wind Farm Β· 7.5 MW onshore wind farm29.8 km
- Calder Hall Β· 196 MW nuclear power station29.9 km
Also operated by Venitent Energy Services
Venitent Energy Services operates 33 sites in the register. Largest first:
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Developer / operator
- Npower Renewables
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning reference
- Unknown
- Application submitted
- 19 December 2014
- Permission granted
- 13 June 2017
- Began operating
- 1 January 1993
- Capacity in planning record
- 4.8 MW
- Address
- approximately 4km from Ulverston, within a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Cumbria
- REPD reference
- 2713
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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