Bishopthorpe — United Kingdom

Bishopthorpe is a 16.4 MW wind power plant in England, United Kingdom. It ranks #656 of 2,860 United Kingdom power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 29.4% of United Kingdom's electricity; the national grid averages 217 gCO₂/kWh (64.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GBR0004256.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000910727; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 16.4 MW, Bishopthorpe is well above the median wind plant in United Kingdom (10 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #270 largest wind power plant of 779 in United Kingdom by capacity.

United Kingdom has 779 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 23,763 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Newton Marsh Wind Project · Wind · 4.6 MW · England
• Stallingborough power station · Gas · 900 MW · Lincolnshire
• Grimsby power station · Gas · 40 MW ·
• Laceby Solar Farm · Solar · 27.1 MW · England
• Fen Farm · Wind · 16 MW · England
• Fen Farm Solar Park · Solar · 1 MW · England

Location

Coordinates 53.5099, -0.0007 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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