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Aikengall IIa Community Wind Farm

Operational81.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 27 September 2021

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
81.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Community Windpower
Location
Land North Of Nether Monynut Cottage Cockburnspath Scottish Borders, Borders, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
Appeal reference
WIN-140-3
First operating
2021
Turbines
19, 145 m to tip

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  • 1 February 2014 Planning application submitted
  • 23 April 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 19 October 2016 Planning permission granted
  • 19 October 2016 Appeal granted
  • 1 January 2021 Construction started
  • 1 November 2021 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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