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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Fairburn

Operational43 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 August 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
43 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
Location
Fairburn Marybank, Highland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
05/00436/FULRC
First operating
2010
Turbines
20

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  • 10 May 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 1 January 2008 Planning permission granted
  • 1 February 2009 Construction started
  • 7 June 2010 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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