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Earlseat

Operational18.4 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 20 August 2014

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
18.4 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG)
Location
Earlseat Farm Standing Stane Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4TH, Fife, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Fife
Planning application
10/03539/EIA
First operating
2014
Turbines
8

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  • 17 September 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 2 March 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 30 October 2013 Construction started
  • 30 July 2014 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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