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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Askam

Operational4.6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 December 2019

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
4.6 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Cannock Renewables
Location
Land North East of Far Old Park Farm , Ireleth , Askam-in-Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Westmorland and Furness
First operating
1999
Turbines
7

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  • 13 March 1995 Planning application submitted
  • 6 October 1997 Planning permission granted
  • 13 July 1999 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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