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Blyth Harbour Wind Farm

Operational2.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 October 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Border Wind Farms Ltd
Location
Blyth Harbour North Blyth Cambois Bedlington Northumberland, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Northumberland
Planning application
91/00011/181OTH
First operating
1992
Turbines
9

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  • 23 May 1991 Planning application submitted
  • 6 March 1992 Planning permission granted
  • 1 December 1992 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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