Tow Law
Tow Law is a 2.31 MW onshore wind farm in North East England, operated by Venitent Energy Services. 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
- 2.31 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Venitent Energy Services
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- DL13 4DE
- Coordinates
- 54.7638, -1.8228
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 Tow Law compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 2.31 MW station would generate roughly 5.3 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,950 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 Venitent Energy ServicesNearby generating sites
- High Hedley I Β· 2.4 MW onshore wind farm4.2 km
- High Hedley II Β· 5.2 MW onshore wind farm4.2 km
- Broomhill Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm4.3 km
- Greencroft Β· 4.93 MW solar farm11.4 km
- Boundary Lane Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm11.5 km
- Langley Β· 8 MW onshore wind farm11.5 km
- Holmside Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm13.1 km
- Holmside RO Β· 2.75 MW onshore wind farm14.0 km
Also operated by Venitent Energy Services
Venitent Energy Services operates 33 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
- Tow Law Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- RWE npower
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Application submitted
- 27 July 1999
- Permission granted
- 7 June 2000
- Began operating
- 30 December 2001
- Capacity in planning record
- 2.6 MW
- Address
- Tow Law, Crook, County Durham, County Durham
- REPD reference
- 2586
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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