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Blaengwen

Operational23 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 April 2010

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
23 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Statkraft and Catamount Energy Corporation
Location
Pencader Carms., Dyfed, SA39 94P, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Carmarthenshire
First operating
2009
Turbines
10

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  • 6 July 2006 Planning application submitted
  • 27 March 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 November 2008 Construction started
  • 30 November 2009 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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