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Dersalloch

Operational69 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 12 December 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
69 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Scottish Power Renewables
Location
Dersalloch Hill, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
First operating
2016
Turbines
23

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  • 29 July 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 23 July 2014 Planning permission granted
  • 24 September 2015 Construction started
  • 15 August 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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