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Eascairt Wind Farm

Awaiting Construction26 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 26 May 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
26 MW
Status
Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
Operator or applicant
Infinergy (formerly PI Renewables)
Location
Escairt Farm by Skipness, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Argyll and Bute
Planning application
15/00205/PP
Appeal reference
PPA-130-2059
Turbines
13, 100 m to tip

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  • 19 February 2015 Planning application submitted
  • 21 September 2016 Planning permission refused
  • 20 December 2016 Appeal lodged
  • 28 September 2018 Planning permission granted
  • 28 September 2018 Appeal granted
  • 14 March 2027 Planning permission expired

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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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