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Broken Cross (Former Surface Mine)

Operational48 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 January 2026

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
48 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
BayWa r.e. UK Limited
Location
Former Surface Mine, Tower Road, Douglas, Broken Cross, Lanark, Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, ML11 9PB, United Kingdom
Planning authority
South Lanarkshire
Planning application
P/19/1636
First operating
2024
Turbines
10, 149.9 m to tip

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  • 30 October 2019 Planning application submitted
  • 21 April 2020 Planning permission granted
  • 1 July 2023 Construction started
  • 1 October 2024 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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