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Bad a Cheo Wind Farm

Operational26.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 31 May 2019

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
26.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Innogy
Location
Bad A Cheo Achkeepster Spittal, Highland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
12/02868/FUL
Appeal reference
13/00052/REFCA
First operating
2019
Turbines
13, 112 m to tip

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  • 25 July 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 19 September 2013 Planning permission refused
  • 6 May 2014 Planning permission granted
  • 6 May 2014 Appeal granted
  • 15 March 2017 Construction started
  • 1 May 2019 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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