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Coire Na Cloiche Wind Farm

Operational29.9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 March 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
29.9 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
RockbySea
Location
Land At Sidhean A'Choin Bhain, Strathrusdale, Alness, Highland, IV17 0YQ, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
12/00479/FUL
First operating
2020
Turbines
13

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  • 16 February 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 25 April 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 24 August 2017 Construction started
  • 1 March 2020 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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