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Fforch Nest Wind Farm

Abandoned16 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 February 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
16 MW
Status
Abandoned
Operator or applicant
Npower Renewables
Location
land north of glynogwr, Blackmill, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Planning application
06/1688/03
Turbines
6

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  • 23 August 2006 Planning application submitted
  • 25 August 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 25 August 2011 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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