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Glencassley Wind Farm

Application Refused69 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 December 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
69 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)
Location
approximately 12km north-west of Lairg, in Sutherland, Highland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
Turbines
23

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  • 10 July 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 17 November 2015 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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