Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Garbet Windfarm - Wind Farm & Storage facility

Under Construction46.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 July 2025

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 46.2 MW
Status: Under Construction
Operator or applicant: Energiekontor UK Limited / Uniper
Location: SE/O Dufftown Keith Grampian, Grampian, AB55, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Moray
Planning application: 21/00020/EIA
Turbines: 8, 200 m to tip

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Timeline

11 January 2021 Planning application submitted
26 November 2021 Planning permission granted
1 December 2021 Appeal lodged
26 September 2022 Appeal granted
1 March 2025 Construction started
26 September 2027 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

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.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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