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Cloiche Wind Farm

Awaiting Construction125 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 26 August 2025

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
125 MW
Status
Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant
Scottish & Southern (SSE)
Location
Glendoe and Garrogie Estates, Monadhliath Mountains, 11km south-east of Fort Augustus and 14km west of Newtonmore, Highland, IV2 6UP, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
Planning application
ECU00002054
Turbines
29, 149.9 m to tip

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  • 28 April 2020 Planning application submitted
  • 30 November 2023 Planning permission granted
  • 30 November 2028 Planning permission expired

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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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