Power plant · Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Langthwaite Farm
Langthwaite Farm is a planned power plant in Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by REG Windpower.
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 | Cumberland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Millom | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Mar 2012 (reference 4/12/2182/0F1, planning authority Cumberland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | REG Windpower (REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 6 units (2 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.2104, -3.2947 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Cumberland, reference 4/12/2182/0F1)
How it compares
Langthwaite Farm is the 1,412th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,193rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,412th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,193rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,951st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 123 grid connections (69 operating, 1,046 MW), 66 substations and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Waste Technology Park, Fleetwood Road North grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Haverigg Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Haverigg Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Askam | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Bowaters | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Dalton | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 40 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.