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Den Brook

Operational18 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 30 November 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
18 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Aviva
Location
Den Brook, West Devon, Devon, United Kingdom
Planning authority
West Devon
Planning application
8250/2005/OKE
Appeal reference
APP/Q1153/A/06/2017162/NWF
First operating
2016
Turbines
9

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  • 10 November 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 2 March 2006 Planning permission refused
  • 21 March 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 27 August 2015 Construction started
  • 17 November 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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