Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
The Isles Wind Farm
The Isles Wind Farm is a cancelled power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 48 MW of capacity, operated by E.ON Climate & 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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land 1.5km east of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |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 | 15 May 2014 (reference DM/14/01210/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 Jan 2016 (withdrawn, reference DM/14/01210/FPA, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | E.ON Climate & Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 48 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 24 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 | 54.6237, -1.5065 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/14/01210/FPA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference DM/14/01210/FPA)
How it compares
The Isles Wind Farm is the 273rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 494th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 48 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 | 273rd of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 494th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,020th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 268 grid connections (134 operating, 1,294 MW), 160 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skerneside | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Solar 22.99 MW grid connection at Whinfield House PV | Grid connection | 23 MW | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Aycliffe Industrial | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Waste 2.28 MW grid connection at Heighington | Grid connection | 2.28 MW | Operating | 4.7 km |
| Newton Aycliffe South | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Hydro Polymers grid connection | Grid connection | 4.66 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 18 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
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