Penny Hill Wind Farm
Penny Hill Wind Farm is a 20.4 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
- 20.4 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
- S66 9BH
- Coordinates
- 53.3834, -1.2975
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 Penny Hill Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 20.4 MW station would generate roughly 46 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 17,210 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
- Blackburn Meadows Β· 34 MW biomass power station7.8 km
- Loscar Β· 4.5 MW onshore wind farm8.7 km
- Barlborough Β· 0.85 MW onshore wind farm10.9 km
- The Breck Β· 5 MW solar farm12.3 km
- Oxcroft Β· 4.19 MW solar farm13.3 km
- Hunciecroft Β· 7.62 MW solar farm15.7 km
- Arkwright CIC Β· 2.48 MW solar farm16.0 km
- Arkwright SPV Β· 5 MW solar farm16.0 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
- 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
- Hook Moor Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm10 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
- Penny Hill Lane
- Developer / operator
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Rotherham
- Planning reference
- RB2009/0824
- Application submitted
- 22 July 2009
- Permission granted
- 27 May 2010
- Construction started
- 26 July 2012
- Began operating
- 31 March 2013
- Capacity in planning record
- 19.8 MW
- Address
- Ulley, Sheffield, South Yorks. S26 3YA, South Yorkshire
- REPD reference
- 3677
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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