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Camilty Wind Farm

Revised25.8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 March 2022

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
25.8 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
EDF Energy Renewables (formerly Partnerships for Renewables/Camilty Wind Farm LLP)
Location
Camilty Plantation, Harburn, West Calder, Lothian, United Kingdom
Planning authority
West Lothian
Planning application
0219/FUL/13
Appeal reference
PPA-400-2055
Turbines
6, 149.9 m to tip

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  • 9 April 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 5 February 2015 Planning permission refused
  • 15 May 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 14 January 2016 Appeal granted
  • 21 September 2021 Planning permission granted
  • 21 September 2025 Planning permission expired

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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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