Ray
Ray is a 54.4 MW onshore wind farm in North East England, operated by Vattenfall. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 54.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Vattenfall
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 55.1822, -2.0714
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 Ray compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 54.4 MW station would generate roughly 124 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 45,890 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 East All run by VattenfallNearby generating sites
- Green Rigg Β· 36 MW onshore wind farm6.6 km
- Kirkheaton Β· 1.8 MW onshore wind farm11.9 km
- Wingates Β· 15 MW onshore wind farm20.3 km
- Kielder Β· 6 MW hydroelectric station25.6 km
- Sisters Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm30.9 km
- North Steads Β· 18.5 MW onshore wind farm31.5 km
- Lynemouth Β· 26 MW wind farm33.8 km
- Lynemouth Power Limited Β· 420 MW biomass power station34.3 km
Also operated by Vattenfall
Vattenfall operates 10 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Thanet Β· offshore wind farm300 MW
- Pen Y Cymoedd Β· onshore wind farm228 MW
- Ormonde Β· offshore wind farm150 MW
- Aberdeen Β· offshore wind farm96.8 MW
- Kentish Flats Β· offshore wind farm90 MW
- Kentish Flats Extension Β· offshore wind farm49.5 MW
- Edinbane Β· onshore wind farm41.4 MW
- Clashindarroch Β· onshore wind farm36.9 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
- Ray Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Vattenfall
- Planning authority
- Northumberland
- Planning reference
- 06/00023/CPC
- Application submitted
- 12 December 2005
- Permission granted
- 11 November 2010
- Construction started
- 1 July 2015
- Began operating
- 5 February 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 54.4 MW
- Address
- Kirkwhelpington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, NE19 2
- REPD reference
- 4026
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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