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A'Chruach (Phase 1)

Operational48.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 April 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
48.3 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Infinis (formerly Novera Energy)
Location
Land At A'Cruach Kilmichael Forest West Of Minard Argyll, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Argyll and Bute
Planning application
11/02520/PP
First operating
2016
Turbines
21

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  • 22 December 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 27 June 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 4 June 2015 Construction started
  • 29 June 2016 Operational

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The register holds 54 incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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