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Firbank Wind Farm

Application Refused9.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 30 October 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
9.7 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
Colham Energy Ltd
Location
Firbank Fell Nr Lambrigg Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Westmorland and Furness

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  • 25 September 1998 Planning application submitted
  • 8 December 1998 Planning permission refused

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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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