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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Cathkin Braes Wind Farm (Castlemilk)

Operational3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 September 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
3 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
Location
Site At Cathkin Braes/ Cathkin Road Carmunnock Glasgow, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Glasgow City
First operating
2013
Turbines
1

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  • 3 September 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 15 January 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 29 May 2013 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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