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Beck Burn

Revised18 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 May 2014

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
18 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
EDF Energy
Location
between Gretna and west of Longtown., Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
10/1102
Turbines
9

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  • 13 December 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 16 December 2011 Planning permission refused
  • 22 May 2013 Appeal refused

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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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