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Blary Hill Wind Farm

Operational35 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 January 2026

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
35 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Renewables Infrastructure Group / Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
Location
Land North Of Loch Arnicle (including C20 To The A83T) Barr Glen By Glenbarr Argyll And Bute, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Argyll and Bute
Planning application
14/01978/PP
Appeal reference
PPA-130-2052
First operating
2022
Turbines
14, 110 m to tip

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  • 22 August 2014 Planning application submitted
  • 30 April 2015 Planning permission refused
  • 1 June 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 23 June 2017 Planning permission granted
  • 23 June 2017 Appeal granted
  • 25 May 2020 Construction started
  • 1 January 2022 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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