Swinford
Swinford is a 22 MW onshore wind farm in East Midlands England, operated by Vattenfall. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- East Midlands
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 22 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Vattenfall
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 52.4119, -1.1663
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 Swinford compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 22 MW station would generate roughly 50 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 18,560 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 Midlands All run by VattenfallNearby generating sites
- Yelvertoft Β· 16.4 MW onshore wind farm4.3 km
- Streetfield Β· 50 MW solar farm6.8 km
- Daintree Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm7.4 km
- Winwick Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm9.4 km
- Low Spinney Β· 8.2 MW onshore wind farm10.1 km
- Watford Lodge Β· 10.3 MW onshore wind farm10.3 km
- Kelmarsh Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm15.8 km
- Whilton Β· 0.33 MW solar farm15.9 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
- Ray Β· onshore wind farm54.4 MW
- Kentish Flats Extension Β· offshore wind farm49.5 MW
- Edinbane Β· onshore wind farm41.4 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
- Swinford Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Nuon UK
- Planning authority
- Harborough
- Planning reference
- 08/00506/FUL
- Application submitted
- 9 April 2008
- Permission granted
- 30 December 2009
- Construction started
- 1 December 2011
- Began operating
- 21 November 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 22 MW
- Address
- Lutterworth Road, Swinford, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. LE17 6BA, Leicestershire
- REPD reference
- 3685
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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