Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Melton Common Wind Cluster
Melton Common Wind Cluster is a planned power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 4.6 MW of capacity, operated by Melton Wind Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West South And Se/O Melton Waste Park, Gibson Lane, South Melton, Ferriby, HU14 3HJ | 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 | 17 Aug 2023 (ref. 23/01982/STPLFE, East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Melton Wind Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | 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 | 53.7222, -0.5368 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Melton Common Wind Cluster is the 1,679th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,575th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.6 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,679th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,575th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,715th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 353 grid connections (169 operating, 2,501 MW), 163 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Lane | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar and Wind 7.9 MW grid connection at Gibson Lane | Grid connection | 7.9 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Solar 4 MW grid connection at Gibson Lane | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Gibson Lane Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 24 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Skillings Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Hull West | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 12 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 31 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
Operator and place
More from Melton Wind Limited
- Tofts Road - Single Wind Turbine4.26 MW · planned
- Melton Common Wind Cluster2.3 MW · permitted
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- 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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.