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Clachan Flats Wind Farm

Operational15 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 27 July 2010

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
15 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
AMEC/ Border Winds
Location
North of the head of Loch Fyne Ardkinlas, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Argyll and Bute
Planning application
02/00/953/DET
First operating
2008
Turbines
9

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  • 15 May 2002 Planning application submitted
  • 8 July 2004 Planning permission granted
  • 1 May 2006 Construction started
  • 1 December 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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