New Albion
New Albion is a 14.4 MW onshore wind farm in East Midlands England, operated by RES Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 14.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NN14 1QP
- Coordinates
- 52.4457, -0.7703
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 New Albion compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 14.4 MW station would generate roughly 33 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 12,110 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 East Midlands All run by RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Gaultney Β· 21.6 MW solar farm2.5 km
- Eckland Lodge Β· 3.66 MW solar farm5.1 km
- Burton Wold Β· 14.4 MW onshore wind farm12.3 km
- Kelmarsh Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm12.5 km
- Burton Wold Β· 5.95 MW onshore wind farm12.8 km
- Burton Wold South (GB) Β· 8.25 MW onshore wind farm12.8 km
- Meadow Farm (Thorpe Lanton) Β· 5 MW solar farm12.8 km
- Islip Β· 4.99 MW solar farm14.9 km
Also operated by RES Group
RES Group operates 98 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Beinneun Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm109 MW
- Cumberhead Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm50 MW
- Hill of Towie Wind Farm (GB) Β· onshore wind farm48.3 MW
- Crossdykes Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm48 MW
- Blary Hill Β· onshore wind farm35 MW
- Tormywheel Β· onshore wind farm30.8 MW
- Garreg Llwyd (GB) Β· onshore wind farm30.4 MW
- Solwaybank Β· onshore wind farm30.4 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
- New Albion Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- John Laing Environmental Assets Group
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning reference
- KET/2009/0549
- Application submitted
- 29 August 2009
- Permission granted
- 20 January 2010
- Construction started
- 1 January 2015
- Began operating
- 18 January 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 14.4 MW
- Address
- Agricultural land at Towns Close Farm, between Pipewell and Rushton and close to the A6003 Road to Corby, Northamptonshire, NN14 1QT
- REPD reference
- 4513
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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