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Ben Sca

Revised29.4 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 10 May 2024

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
29.4 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Wind 2
Location
Land 2800M SW Of, Edinbane, Portree, Highland, IV51 9PW, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
20/00013/FUL
Turbines
7, 135 m to tip

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  • 7 January 2020 Planning application submitted
  • 1 December 2020 Planning permission granted
  • 1 December 2025 Planning permission expired

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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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