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Carn Vean

Operational10 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 June 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Unknown
Location
Carn Vean, Tretheague Mill, Stithians, Truro, Cornwall, Cornwall, TR3 7BY, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cornwall
Planning application
PA08/01190/F
First operating
2008
Turbines
5

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  • 26 June 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 11 September 2008 Planning permission granted
  • 30 October 2008 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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