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WIND Β· OPERATIONAL

Ovenden Moor

Ovenden Moor is a 18 MW onshore wind farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, England, operated by EPR. 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
Project stageOperating
  1. PlanningAug 2012 (completed)
  2. ConsentedNov 2012 (completed)
  3. ConstructionMay 2015 (completed)
  4. OperatingJan 2017 (current stage)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

Planning dates from the Renewable Energy Planning Database; operating status from DUKES table 5.11.

Key facts

Installed capacity
18 MW
Status
Operational
Technology
Wind Β· Onshore
Operator
EPR
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Country
England
Grid connection (DUKES)
LV
Combined heat & power
No
Postcode
HX2 7UA
Coordinates
53.7744, -1.9362

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 Ovenden Moor compares

240th of 488largest wind farms in the UK register
14th of 31in Yorkshire and the Humber
0.06%of listed UK wind farms capacity
β‰ˆ 41 GWhillustrative output a year

At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 18 MW station would generate roughly 41 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 15,180 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 EPR

Nearby generating sites

Also operated by EPR

EPR operates 7 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
Site name in planning record
Ovenden Moor (Repower)
Developer / operator
Yorkshire Windpower
Planning authority
Calderdale
Planning reference
12/00955/WDF
Application submitted
2 August 2012
Permission granted
16 November 2012
Construction started
21 May 2015
Began operating
24 January 2017
Capacity in planning record
18 MW
Address
Withens Road, Wainstalls, Halifax,, West Yorkshire
REPD reference
4408

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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