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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Chiplow

Operational8.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 August 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
8.2 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Blue Energy
Location
Bewteen the villages of Bagthorpe, Barmer and Syderstone in North West Norfolk, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Planning authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Planning application
10/00883/FM
Appeal reference
11/00026/REF
First operating
2016
Turbines
5

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  • 26 May 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 10 May 2011 Planning permission refused
  • 24 May 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 24 May 2012 Appeal granted
  • 31 March 2015 Construction started
  • 30 April 2016 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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