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Cairnmore Hill Wind Farm

Revised33.6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 7 April 2021

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
33.6 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
RES Limited
Location
1580m Se/O Schoolhouse, Highland, KW14 7XU, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
20/03833/FUL
Turbines
8, 138.5 m to tip

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  • 7 October 2020 Planning application submitted
  • 9 March 2021 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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