Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hope Moor Wind Farm
Hope Moor Wind Farm is a planned power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, operated by Fred Olsen Renewables.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The development is to be located on an area of moorland approximately 8km to the south of Barnard Castle and 12km north of Richmond across the administrative areas of Durham County Council and North Yorkshire Council. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jun 2027 (reference EN0110038, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected in June 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fred Olsen Renewables (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,107 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.4377, -1.9028 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares by area
Hope Moor Wind Farm is the 64th-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 69th-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 1,107 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 64th of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 69th of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 90th of 2,695 |
How its operator compares
Fred Olsen Renewables operates 29 of the 8,060 power plants in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 23 owners have more. Counts cover the power plants in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Power plants | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsource Renewable Energy | 1st | 158 | 2% |
| Anesco | 2nd | 92 | 1.1% |
| Scottish and Southern Energy | 3rd | 83 | 1% |
| Renewable Energy Systems | 4th | 74 | 0.92% |
| British Solar Renewables | 5th | 62 | 0.77% |
| Fred Olsen Renewables | 24th | 29 | 0.36% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 158 grid connections (82 operating, 936 MW), 85 substations and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond T1 | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Richmond T2 | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Harmire Bridge | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Generation 1.425 MW grid connection at Harmire Bridge | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Solar 12.75 MW grid connection at Harmire Bridge | Grid connection | 12.8 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Land south of Skeeby Substation grid connection | Grid connection | 73.2 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.