Turncole Wind Farm (GB)
Turncole Wind Farm (GB) is a 17.5 MW onshore wind farm in East of England, 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
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 17.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- RES Group
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CM0 8NE
- Coordinates
- 51.6343, 0.8667
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 Turncole Wind Farm (GB) compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 17.5 MW station would generate roughly 40 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 14,760 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 RES GroupNearby generating sites
- Burnham Wick Β· 5 MW solar farm1.8 km
- Middlewick Β· 20.7 MW onshore wind farm3.7 km
- Bradwell Β· 20.5 MW onshore wind farm9.0 km
- Canewdon CIC Β· 4.99 MW solar farm11.8 km
- Canewdon PV Β· 4.99 MW solar farm11.8 km
- Bradwell Nuclear Power Station Β· 246 MW nuclear power station11.9 km
- West End Farm PV CIC Β· 4.88 MW solar farm12.6 km
- West End Farm PV Β· 4.88 MW solar farm12.6 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
- Turncole Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- RES/ Aviva
- Planning authority
- Maldon
- Planning reference
- 10/01070/FUL
- Application submitted
- 30 June 2011
- Permission granted
- 14 February 2014
- Construction started
- 31 October 2015
- Began operating
- 22 December 2016
- Capacity in planning record
- 17.5 MW
- Address
- Turncole Farm, The Marshes, Southminster, Essex, Essex, CM0 7JJ
- REPD reference
- 4067
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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