Sancton Hill Wind Farm
Sancton Hill Wind Farm is a 10 MW onshore wind farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, 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
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 10 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- YO43 4TG
- Coordinates
- 53.8451, -0.6099
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 Sancton Hill Wind Farm compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 10 MW station would generate roughly 23 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 8,440 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 RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Sober Hill Wind Farm Ltd Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm10.7 km
- Hall Farm Wind Farm Β· 24.6 MW onshore wind farm16.6 km
- Sixpenny Wood Β· 20.5 MW onshore wind farm17.8 km
- Spaldington Β· 11.8 MW onshore wind farm17.9 km
- Bransholme Solar Β· 5 MW solar farm19.7 km
- Carlam Hill Education Β· 5 MW solar farm19.7 km
- Saltend Power Station Β· 1,200 MW gas-fired power station21.2 km
- Twin Rivers Β· 28.7 MW onshore wind farm23.7 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
- Sancton Hill
- Developer / operator
- REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power)
- Planning authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Planning reference
- 10/02080/STPLFE
- Application submitted
- 17 May 2010
- Permission granted
- 10 February 2011
- Construction started
- 1 November 2011
- Began operating
- 12 June 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 10 MW
- Address
- nr Market Weighton, Sancton, York,, Humberside
- REPD reference
- 3735
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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