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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Dun Law

Operational17.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 12 September 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
17.2 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
Location
Dun Law, 5km north west of Oxton, Lammermuir Hills, Borders, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Borders
Planning application
96/01130/FUL
First operating
2000
Turbines
26

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  • 17 May 1996 Planning application submitted
  • 31 July 1997 Planning permission granted
  • 21 August 2000 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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