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Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm

Operational96 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 17 February 2022

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
96 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
RWE Innogy UK
Location
Clocaenog forest, Ruthin, Clwyd, LL15, United Kingdom
Planning authority
The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
Planning application
EN010013
First operating
2019
Turbines
32, 145 m to tip

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  • 23 April 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 12 September 2014 Planning permission granted
  • 19 March 2018 Construction started
  • 1 October 2019 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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