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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Drone Hill

Operational28.6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 December 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
28.6 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Greencoat UK Wind
Location
Coldingham East Berwickshire, Borders, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Borders
Planning application
05/00425/FUL
First operating
2012
Turbines
22

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  • 4 March 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 12 November 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 April 2011 Construction started
  • 1 September 2012 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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