Onshore wind · United Kingdom
Brechfa Forest West
Operational57.4 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 September 2018
The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 57.4 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- RWE Npower Renewables
- Location
- centred around the Afon Pib Valley, east of Alltwalis and the second area around Banc Llywelau, south of Rhydcymerau., Dyfed, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application
- EN010008
- First operating
- 2018
- Turbines
- 28
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Timeline
- 4 November 2011 Planning application submitted
- 12 March 2013 Planning permission granted
- 24 November 2016 Construction started
- 18 January 2018 Operational
Incidents on the register at this site
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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
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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