Onshore wind · United Kingdom
Costa Head Wind Farm
Awaiting Construction16.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 August 2020
The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 16.3 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Hoolan Energy
- Location
- Costa Head, on the north coast of Orkney Mainland, Orkney Islands, KW17 2NP, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Orkney Islands
- Planning application
- 16/580/TPPMAJ
- Appeal reference
- PPA-330-2022
- Turbines
- 5, 125 m to tip
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Timeline
- 9 December 2016 Planning application submitted
- 21 September 2018 Planning permission refused
- 8 October 2018 Appeal lodged
- 18 April 2019 Planning permission granted
- 18 April 2019 Appeal granted
- 11 April 2027 Planning permission expired
Incidents on the register at this site
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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
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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