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Culterfield, Cunningsburgh Wind

Application Submitted2.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 10 March 2022

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.7 MW
Status
Application Submitted (Planning Application Submitted)
Operator or applicant
Freelight (Shetland) Limited
Location
Culterfield Cunningsburgh, Shetland, ZE2 9HB, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Shetland Islands
Planning application
2021/136/PPF
Turbines
3, 67 m to tip

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  • 5 May 2021 Planning application submitted

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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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