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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Dorenell Wind Farm (Previously Site A and B Scaut Hill)

Operational177 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 July 2019

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
177 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
EDF Energy Renewables/ Infinergy
Location
Glenlivet Estate, Dufftown, Speyside, Moray, Grampian, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
Planning application
EC00003173
First operating
2018
Turbines
59, 126 m to tip

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  • 7 May 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 3 January 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 15 August 2016 Construction started
  • 15 September 2018 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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