Somerton
Somerton is a 1.8 MW onshore wind farm in East of England, England, operated by Ecotricity. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 1.8 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Ecotricity
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NR29 4DU
- Coordinates
- 52.7105, 1.6537
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 Somerton compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 1.8 MW station would generate roughly 4.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,520 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 East of England All run by EcotricityNearby generating sites
- Scroby Sands Β· 60 MW offshore wind farm11.7 km
- Great Yarmouth Β· 420 MW CCGT gas power station12.4 km
- SMSL1 Β· 4.77 MW solar farm20.6 km
- ScottowMoor Β· 33.7 MW solar farm20.9 km
- SMSL2 Β· 4.89 MW solar farm21.3 km
- SMSL3 Β· 4.95 MW solar farm21.3 km
- SMSL4 Β· 3.64 MW solar farm21.3 km
- Avenue Farm Β· 7.65 MW solar farm23.5 km
Also operated by Ecotricity
Ecotricity operates 25 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
- South Beach Wind Turbine (Somerton)
- Developer / operator
- Ecotricity
- Planning authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Application submitted
- 21 May 1999
- Permission granted
- 28 April 2000
- Began operating
- 22 July 2000
- Capacity in planning record
- 1.5 MW
- Address
- Somerton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Norfolk
- REPD reference
- 2555
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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