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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Causeymire

Operational48.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 18 May 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
48.3 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Innogy (formerly RWE npower)
Location
Causey Mire, Caithness, Highlands, Highland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
01/00361/FULCA
First operating
2004
Turbines
24

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  • 1 November 2001 Planning application submitted
  • 19 November 2002 Planning permission granted
  • 1 June 2004 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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