Whittlesey
Whittlesey is a 1.8 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
- 1.8 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
- PE7 2PA
- Coordinates
- 52.5580, -0.1719
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 Whittlesey compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 1.8 MW station would generate roughly 4.1 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,520 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
- Coldham PV Β· 9.09 MW solar farm2.5 km
- Coldham Β· 16 MW onshore wind farm2.6 km
- Peterborough Power Station PPL2 Gas Engines Β· 49 MW open-cycle gas power station3.0 km
- Peterborough Power Station Β· 245 MW open-cycle gas power station6.0 km
- Glassmoor II Β· 12.3 MW onshore wind farm6.1 km
- Burnthouse Windfarm Β· 6 MW onshore wind farm9.6 km
- Turves Β· 5 MW solar farm10.3 km
- Burnthouse Β· 4.76 MW solar farm10.6 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
- Developer / operator
- REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power)
- Planning authority
- Fenland
- Planning reference
- F/YR07/0413/F
- Application submitted
- 13 April 2007
- Permission granted
- 9 July 2007
- Construction started
- 1 November 2007
- Began operating
- 3 September 2008
- Capacity in planning record
- 9 MW
- Address
- McCain's Food, Funtham's Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 2PG
- REPD reference
- 3021
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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