Power plant · Barnsley, England, United Kingdom

Spicer Hill Wind Farm

Spicer Hill Wind Farm is a power plant in Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, with 6.9 MW of capacity, operated by J G Pears Limited.

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	Barnsley (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	34 Spicer Hill, Whitley Road, Penistone, Sheffield, South Yorks. S36 7G	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (operational)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2013	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
Permit date	1 Apr 2010 (permit 2009/0572, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Barnsley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	27 Apr 2009 (reference 2009/0572, planning authority Barnsley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	1 Apr 2010 (granted, reference 2009/0572, planning authority Barnsley)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	J G Pears Limited	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	6.9 MW	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	3 units (2.3 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	53.5376, -1.6891	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

15 Feb 2013Commissioned
1 Apr 2010Permit granted (planning authority Barnsley, reference 2009/0572)
27 Apr 2009Permit applied for (planning authority Barnsley, reference 2009/0572)

How it compares

Spicer Hill Wind Farm is the 1,512th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,402nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.9 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
England	1,512th of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	2,402nd of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	7,905th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2013Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 550 substations, 513 grid connections (277 operating, 2,550 MW), 22 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Wind 6.555 MW grid connection at Penistone	Grid connection	6.56 MW	Operating	0.4 km
Wind 6.284 MW grid connection at Hazlehead	Grid connection	6.28 MW	Operating	1.6 km
Wind 5.7 MW grid connection at Hazlehead	Grid connection	5.7 MW	Operating	1.8 km
Hazlehead	Substation	—	—	3.0 km
Penistone	Substation	—	—	5.1 km
Scholes	Substation	—	—	5.3 km
HSBC Data Centre	Data center	—	—	14 km
Redcentric Elland Data Centre	Data center	—	—	19 km
UoS IT Services	Data center	—	—	22 km

Operator and place

Grid connections attached to this power plant

Wind 6.555 MW grid connection at Penistone6.56 MW

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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.
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