Westnewton (BEGL4)
Westnewton (BEGL4) is a 6.15 MW onshore wind farm in North West England, operated by Capital Dynamics UK. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Onshore
- North West
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 6.15 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Onshore
- Operator
- Capital Dynamics UK
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- CA7 3PB
- Coordinates
- 54.7795, -3.3463
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 Westnewton (BEGL4) compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 6.15 MW station would generate roughly 14 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 5,190 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.
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- Flimby Wind Energy Ltd Β· 6.15 MW onshore wind farm14.9 km
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- Clay Cross Β· 4.99 MW solar farm17.0 km
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Also operated by Capital Dynamics UK
Capital Dynamics UK 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
- Westnewton
- Developer / operator
- Broadview Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning reference
- 2/2008/0997
- Application submitted
- 24 December 2008
- Permission granted
- 4 February 2011
- Construction started
- 17 September 2013
- Began operating
- 1 May 2014
- Capacity in planning record
- 6.2 MW
- Address
- Warwick Hall Farm, Westnewton, Cumbria. CA7 3PF, Cumbria
- REPD reference
- 4141
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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