Wind Energy Leaders

Local authorities ranked by installed onshore wind capacity

227

Local Authorities

4,677

Total Sites

4,191.9

Total Capacity

227 results

#	Local Authority	Wind Capacity	Capacity	vs Average
1	East Riding of Yorkshire	327.2 MW	198 sites	+1669%
2	Rhondda Cynon Taf	311.1 MW	15 sites	+1582%
3	Northumberland	273.0 MW	129 sites	+1376%
4	Powys	193.3 MW	126 sites	+945%
5	Denbighshire	175.4 MW	38 sites	+848%
6	Cornwall	143.4 MW	433 sites	+675%
7	County Durham	135.4 MW	96 sites	+632%
8	Neath Port Talbot	133.6 MW	11 sites	+622%
9	North Lincolnshire	128.5 MW	33 sites	+595%
10	Fenland	116.7 MW	53 sites	+531%
11	Rossendale	114.3 MW	39 sites	+518%
12	Bridgend	110.4 MW	19 sites	+497%
13	Carmarthenshire	110.0 MW	113 sites	+495%
14	Ceredigion	86.7 MW	75 sites	+369%
15	North Northamptonshire	86.3 MW	20 sites	+366%
16	North Devon	79.3 MW	47 sites	+329%
17	West Northamptonshire	77.9 MW	35 sites	+321%
18	Huntingdonshire	69.9 MW	35 sites	+278%
19	East Lindsey	68.5 MW	28 sites	+270%
20	Doncaster	61.1 MW	10 sites	+230%
21	Folkestone and Hythe	59.9 MW	11 sites	+224%
22	Maldon	59.1 MW	23 sites	+219%
23	North Yorkshire	51.5 MW	230 sites	+179%
24	Calderdale	51.5 MW	104 sites	+178%
25	Cheshire West and Chester	50.4 MW	5 sites	+172%
26	Bristol, City of	49.8 MW	9 sites	+169%
27	Peterborough	46.1 MW	4 sites	+149%
28	Westmorland and Furness	46.0 MW	80 sites	+149%
29	South Holland	44.0 MW	32 sites	+138%
30	Newark and Sherwood	40.6 MW	35 sites	+120%
31	Isle of Anglesey	39.0 MW	37 sites	+111%
32	Torridge	34.9 MW	84 sites	+89%
33	Swansea	34.7 MW	6 sites	+88%
34	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	32.5 MW	159 sites	+75%
35	Harborough	32.4 MW	27 sites	+75%
36	Swale	31.2 MW	13 sites	+69%
37	Burnley	28.7 MW	20 sites	+55%
38	Lancaster	28.6 MW	24 sites	+55%
39	Central Bedfordshire	28.3 MW	8 sites	+53%
40	Pembrokeshire	26.9 MW	152 sites	+45%
41	South Cambridgeshire	26.5 MW	13 sites	+43%
42	Boston	26.2 MW	27 sites	+41%
43	Conwy	25.9 MW	40 sites	+40%
44	Rotherham	25.2 MW	6 sites	+36%
45	Hyndburn	24.8 MW	9 sites	+34%
46	Breckland	22.8 MW	191 sites	+23%
47	Hartlepool	20.6 MW	6 sites	+11%
48	West Devon	20.4 MW	20 sites	+10%
49	Newport	19.1 MW	11 sites	+3%
50	Derbyshire Dales	19.0 MW	20 sites	+3%
51	East Suffolk	18.5 MW	99 sites	avg
52	Stockton-on-Tees	18.3 MW	7 sites	-1%
53	Caerphilly	17.3 MW	18 sites	-6%
54	Melton	15.7 MW	21 sites	-15%
55	Sunderland	14.8 MW	11 sites	-20%
56	Milton Keynes	14.5 MW	5 sites	-22%
57	Sefton	13.1 MW	7 sites	-29%
58	Darlington	12.6 MW	9 sites	-32%
59	Mid Suffolk	12.4 MW	68 sites	-33%
60	Leeds	12.4 MW	29 sites	-33%
61	Tendring	10.7 MW	69 sites	-42%
62	Thurrock	10.2 MW	5 sites	-45%
63	Bedford	9.9 MW	15 sites	-46%
64	South Gloucestershire	8.3 MW	13 sites	-55%
65	Wealden	7.5 MW	2 sites	-59%
66	Wyre	7.0 MW	26 sites	-62%
67	Vale of White Horse	6.5 MW	7 sites	-65%
68	Gwynedd	6.2 MW	32 sites	-66%
69	Havering	5.9 MW	4 sites	-68%
70	Derby	5.0 MW	3 sites	-73%
71	Great Yarmouth	4.9 MW	12 sites	-74%
72	Bassetlaw	4.8 MW	23 sites	-74%
73	South Staffordshire	4.0 MW	3 sites	-78%
74	Broadland	4.0 MW	15 sites	-78%
75	Charnwood	3.9 MW	10 sites	-79%
76	Gedling	3.9 MW	5 sites	-79%
77	West Lindsey	3.5 MW	30 sites	-81%
78	Hinckley and Bosworth	3.5 MW	17 sites	-81%
79	North West Leicestershire	3.3 MW	11 sites	-82%
80	West Lancashire	3.1 MW	15 sites	-83%
81	Stroud	3.0 MW	12 sites	-84%
82	Blaenau Gwent	2.9 MW	6 sites	-84%
83	Merthyr Tydfil	2.9 MW	7 sites	-84%
84	Kirklees	2.9 MW	89 sites	-84%
85	Bexley	2.8 MW	2 sites	-85%
86	Redcar and Cleveland	2.7 MW	11 sites	-85%
87	Shropshire	2.7 MW	73 sites	-86%
88	Bradford	2.6 MW	61 sites	-86%
89	Broxtowe	2.6 MW	2 sites	-86%
90	Newham	2.3 MW	8 sites	-87%
91	Cardiff	2.3 MW	2 sites	-88%
92	Chorley	2.3 MW	6 sites	-88%
93	Stafford	2.0 MW	12 sites	-89%
94	Wokingham	2.0 MW	2 sites	-89%
95	Lichfield	1.9 MW	8 sites	-89%
96	Buckinghamshire	1.6 MW	9 sites	-92%
97	Newcastle-under-Lyme	1.5 MW	7 sites	-92%
98	North East Lincolnshire	1.4 MW	4 sites	-92%
99	Bolsover	1.4 MW	4 sites	-92%
100	Wakefield	1.3 MW	16 sites	-93%
101	Rochdale	1.3 MW	16 sites	-93%
102	Mid Devon	1.2 MW	37 sites	-93%
103	Staffordshire Moorlands	1.2 MW	20 sites	-93%
104	Forest of Dean	1.2 MW	10 sites	-94%
105	North Norfolk	1.2 MW	21 sites	-94%
106	Pendle	1.1 MW	17 sites	-94%
107	South Kesteven	1.1 MW	13 sites	-94%
108	Vale of Glamorgan	1.1 MW	7 sites	-94%
109	North Kesteven	1.0 MW	9 sites	-94%
110	St. Helens	1.0 MW	3 sites	-94%
111	Flintshire	1.0 MW	15 sites	-95%
112	Basingstoke and Deane	1.0 MW	1 sites	-95%
113	Amber Valley	0.9 MW	9 sites	-95%
114	Lewes	0.9 MW	2 sites	-95%
115	Dorset	0.9 MW	26 sites	-95%
116	South Hams	0.9 MW	46 sites	-95%
117	East Staffordshire	0.9 MW	9 sites	-95%
118	Wychavon	0.8 MW	10 sites	-95%
119	Blaby	0.8 MW	3 sites	-95%
120	North East Derbyshire	0.8 MW	19 sites	-96%
121	Ashfield	0.7 MW	6 sites	-96%
122	Liverpool	0.6 MW	5 sites	-97%
123	Ribble Valley	0.6 MW	19 sites	-97%
124	West Suffolk	0.5 MW	7 sites	-97%
125	West Berkshire	0.5 MW	4 sites	-97%
126	Warrington	0.5 MW	3 sites	-97%
127	Knowsley	0.5 MW	3 sites	-97%
128	Salford	0.5 MW	1 sites	-97%
129	Chesterfield	0.5 MW	1 sites	-97%
130	Brentwood	0.5 MW	1 sites	-97%
131	South Norfolk	0.5 MW	75 sites	-97%
132	Cheshire East	0.4 MW	18 sites	-98%
133	South Tyneside	0.3 MW	4 sites	-98%
134	Bury	0.3 MW	4 sites	-98%
135	Preston	0.3 MW	4 sites	-98%
136	Monmouthshire	0.3 MW	10 sites	-99%
137	Herefordshire, County of	0.3 MW	26 sites	-99%
138	East Devon	0.2 MW	14 sites	-99%
139	Three Rivers	0.2 MW	1 sites	-99%
140	Cotswold	0.2 MW	8 sites	-99%
141	Adur	0.2 MW	2 sites	-99%
142	Blackburn with Darwen	0.2 MW	10 sites	-99%
143	South Derbyshire	0.2 MW	13 sites	-99%
144	Oldham	0.1 MW	10 sites	-99%
145	Middlesbrough	0.1 MW	8 sites	-99%
146	East Cambridgeshire	0.1 MW	7 sites	-99%
147	Bath and North East Somerset	0.1 MW	4 sites	-99%
148	Hounslow	0.1 MW	3 sites	-99%
149	Fylde	0.1 MW	3 sites	-100%
150	Rutland	0.1 MW	5 sites	-100%
151	Wirral	0.1 MW	4 sites	-100%
152	Teignbridge	0.1 MW	8 sites	-100%
153	North Warwickshire	0.1 MW	1 sites	-100%
154	Bromsgrove	0.1 MW	1 sites	-100%
155	Wiltshire	0.1 MW	3 sites	-100%
156	Medway	0.1 MW	3 sites	-100%
157	Wigan	0.1 MW	4 sites	-100%
158	Braintree	0.1 MW	11 sites	-100%
159	Kingston upon Hull, City of	0.1 MW	6 sites	-100%
160	North Somerset	0.1 MW	7 sites	-100%
161	Stratford-on-Avon	0.1 MW	6 sites	-100%
162	Telford and Wrekin	0.1 MW	4 sites	-100%
163	St Albans	0.1 MW	5 sites	-100%
164	Winchester	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
165	York	0.0 MW	6 sites	-100%
166	Wrexham	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
167	Ashford	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
168	Colchester	0.0 MW	8 sites	-100%
169	South Ribble	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
170	Plymouth	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
171	Chelmsford	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
172	Erewash	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
173	Babergh	0.0 MW	5 sites	-100%
174	Dacorum	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
175	Mid Sussex	0.0 MW	6 sites	-100%
176	East Hertfordshire	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
177	Dover	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
178	Maidstone	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
179	Rushcliffe	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
180	Greenwich	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
181	Test Valley	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
182	Ealing	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
183	Cherwell	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
184	Chichester	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
185	Brighton and Hove	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
186	Rugby	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
187	Halton	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
188	Uttlesford	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
189	Bolton	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
190	Leicester	0.0 MW	4 sites	-100%
191	Sevenoaks	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
192	High Peak	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
193	Basildon	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
194	Southwark	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
195	Luton	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
196	Hillingdon	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
197	Oadby and Wigston	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
198	Gloucester	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
199	Warwick	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
200	Stoke-on-Trent	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
201	Birmingham	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
202	Tonbridge and Malling	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
203	Stockport	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
204	Horsham	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
205	Isle of Wight	0.0 MW	3 sites	-100%
206	Wyre Forest	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
207	Tower Hamlets	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
208	Sandwell	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
209	Arun	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
210	Nottingham	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
211	Gateshead	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
212	New Forest	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
213	Cheltenham	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
214	East Hampshire	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
215	Bracknell Forest	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
216	Blackpool	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
217	Islington	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
218	Barnet	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
219	West Oxfordshire	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
220	Torbay	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
221	North Tyneside	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
222	Rother	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
223	Wandsworth	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
224	Oxford	0.0 MW	2 sites	-100%
225	Crawley	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
226	Eastleigh	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%
227	Hart	0.0 MW	1 sites	-100%

About Wind Rankings

This leaderboard shows local authorities ranked by installed onshore wind capacity in megawatts. Areas with higher wind capacity are contributing significantly to the UK's renewable energy generation.

Onshore wind is one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation and plays a key role in reducing carbon emissions from the power sector.

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