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Forthwind

Awaiting Construction20 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 August 2023

Technology
Offshore wind
Capacity
20 MW
Status
Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant
Cierco
Location
Forth of Firth, Offshore, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Marine Scotland
Planning application
MS-00009834
Turbines
1, 280 m to tip

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  • 29 April 2022 Planning application submitted
  • 15 March 2023 Planning permission granted
  • 31 October 2049 Planning permission expired

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The register holds 54 incidents at offshore 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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