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Backfield Farm

Revised2.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 July 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.3 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Private Developer
Location
Land To The South West Of Backfield Farm Drumlithie Stonehaven, Grampian, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Aberdeenshire
Planning application
APP/2014/2433
Turbines
1

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  • 3 July 2014 Planning application submitted
  • 4 June 2015 Application withdrawn

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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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