The Royd Moor

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is located at

Penistone Penistone ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 22,909 at the 2011 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is west of Barnsley, n ...

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

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, and consists of thirteen 450 kW

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. The site is located approximately north west of

, above the A628 trunk road between

and

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

. The turbines are set in two parallel, staggered rows of six and seven, on a ridge in hilly fell land lying above sea level. These turbines were completed in 1993 and are in height to the hub and have a rotor diameter of . The maximum output is 6 mW, equivalent to the annual energy required to power 3,300 homes. The original planning application was for a 25-year operation but this has been extended to 30 years. Currently, the farm is due to be decommissioned in 2023.

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Renewables: Building a Sustainable future for generations to come
Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Wind farms in England Penistone Power stations in Yorkshire and the Humber {{UK-powerstation-stub