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Butterwick Moor

Operational20.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 August 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
20.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
E.ON UK
Location
Butterwick Moor , Sedgefield, County Durham, United Kingdom
Planning authority
County Durham
Planning application
7/2006/0796/DM
First operating
2011
Turbines
10

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  • 2 January 2007 Planning application submitted
  • 17 June 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 September 2010 Construction started
  • 1 April 2011 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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