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Arecleoch Windfarm

Operational120 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 25 October 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
120 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Scottish Power Renewables
Location
Arecleoch and Kilgallioch Forest near Barrhill, Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
First operating
2011
Turbines
60

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  • 3 April 2006 Planning application submitted
  • 1 June 2008 Planning permission granted
  • 1 September 2009 Construction started
  • 14 June 2011 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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