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Craig Wind Farm

Operational10 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 7 January 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Craig Wind Farm Co
Location
Westerkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Planning application
03/P/4/0326
Appeal reference
PPA-170-117
First operating
2007
Turbines
4

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  • 23 July 2003 Planning application submitted
  • 24 December 2003 Planning permission refused
  • 9 November 2004 Planning permission granted
  • 9 November 2004 Appeal granted
  • 1 October 2007 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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