Rodbaston
Rodbaston is a 4 MW onshore wind farm in West 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
- West Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- ST19 5PH
- Coordinates
- 52.7024, -2.1172
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 Rodbaston compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 4 MW station would generate roughly 9.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 3,370 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 West Midlands All run by RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Barr Farm Β· 1.89 MW solar farm3.8 km
- Lawn Lane Β· 4.32 MW solar farm7.1 km
- Albrighton Β· 4.97 MW solar farm10.4 km
- Rugeley B Power Station Β· 1,050 MW coal-fired power station14.2 km
- Sheriffhales Β· 5 MW solar farm17.0 km
- Granville Β· 4.44 MW solar farm19.8 km
- Ironbridge B Power Station Β· 1,000 MW coal-fired power station27.1 km
- UK Solar (Lower Newton) LLP Β· 11.9 MW solar farm28.0 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
- Developer / operator
- REG Windpower
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning reference
- 09/00524/FUL
- Application submitted
- 16 July 2009
- Permission granted
- 15 December 2010
- Construction started
- 1 February 2016
- Began operating
- 15 January 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 4 MW
- Address
- Rodbaston, Farm Drive, Rodbaston Campus, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST19 5PH
- REPD reference
- 3673
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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