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Culterfield Windfarm

Revised2.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 10 March 2022

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.7 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Freelight (Shetland)
Location
Shelora, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, ZE2 9HB, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Shetland Islands
Planning application
2015/425/PPF
Turbines
3, 67 m to tip

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  • 1 December 2015 Planning application submitted
  • 31 March 2016 Planning permission granted
  • 30 March 2021 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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