Trimdon
Trimdon is a 5.2 MW onshore wind farm in North East England, operated by EDF Energy. 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
- 5.2 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- EDF Energy
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- TS29 6NR
- Coordinates
- 54.7204, -1.4426
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 Trimdon compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 5.2 MW station would generate roughly 12 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 4,390 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 EDF EnergyNearby generating sites
- Haswell Moor Circuit 1 Β· 5.15 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
- Haswell Moor Circuit 2 Β· 5.15 MW onshore wind farm5.5 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 1 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- Walkway Β· 14 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- Butterwick Moor Circuit 2 Β· 9.4 MW onshore wind farm7.0 km
- High Haswell Wind Farm Β· 4 MW onshore wind farm7.5 km
- Hare Hill Β· 2.3 MW onshore wind farm7.7 km
- Hare Hill RO Β· 2.75 MW onshore wind farm7.7 km
Also operated by EDF Energy
EDF Energy operates 48 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hinkley Point C Β· nuclear power station3,260 MW
- West Burton A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,012 MW
- Cottam Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,008 MW
- Heysham 2 Β· nuclear power station1,240 MW
- Torness Β· nuclear power station1,200 MW
- Sizewell B Β· nuclear power station1,198 MW
- Hartlepool Β· nuclear power station1,185 MW
- Heysham 1 Β· nuclear power station1,060 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
- Trimdon Grange
- Developer / operator
- Cumbria Wind Farms
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Application submitted
- 1 July 2005
- Began operating
- 10 July 2008
- Capacity in planning record
- 5.2 MW
- Address
- Trimdon Grange, County Durham, County Durham
- REPD reference
- 4690
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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