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Boyndie Airfield Extension

Operational2.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 9 June 2010

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.3 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Boyndie Wind Farm
Location
Boyndie, Banff, Grampian, Grampian, AB45 2LR, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Aberdeenshire
Planning application
APP/2008/2761
First operating
2010
Turbines
1

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  • 5 August 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 14 August 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 4 January 2010 Operational
  • 16 May 2016 Planning permission 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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