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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Dalby

Operational7.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 20 May 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
7.2 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Ecotricity
Location
Paddys Lane, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE14 3LY, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Melton
Planning application
10/00333/FUL
First operating
2016
Turbines
9, 77 m to tip

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  • 19 May 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 17 December 2010 Planning permission granted
  • 1 February 2015 Construction started
  • 15 March 2016 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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