Knabs Ridge
Knabs Ridge is a 16 MW onshore wind farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, 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
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 16 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 53.9990, -1.6496
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 Knabs Ridge compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 16 MW station would generate roughly 36 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 13,500 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Cold Harbour Β· 5 MW solar farm28.9 km
- Hook Moor Wind Farm Β· 10 MW onshore wind farm29.5 km
- Sandhutton Β· 5 MW solar farm31.1 km
- Ovenden Moor Β· 18 MW onshore wind farm31.3 km
- Peter Hill Β· 5 MW solar farm31.9 km
- Thornhill Β· 40 MW open-cycle gas power station35.9 km
- Ash Row Farm Β· 5 MW solar farm36.2 km
- Ainderby Β· 4.96 MW solar farm37.6 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
- Knabs Ridge Windfarm
- Developer / operator
- RWE npower
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning reference
- 6.99.144.B.EIAMAG
- Application submitted
- 23 April 2004
- Permission granted
- 4 November 2004
- Construction started
- 1 March 2007
- Began operating
- 22 April 2008
- Capacity in planning record
- 16 MW
- Address
- Land between Skipton Road and Penny Pot Lane, Selliscliffe, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- REPD reference
- 3147
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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