Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Glenshimmeroch Wind Farm

Awaiting Construction36 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 January 2024

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 36 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
Operator or applicant: EnergieKontor UK
Location: Land At Glenshimmeroch Hill, St. John's Town of Dalry, Dalry, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 3XL, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Planning application: 18/0992/FUL
Appeal reference: PPA-170-2138
Turbines: 10, 200 m to tip

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Timeline

2 July 2018 Planning application submitted
22 February 2019 Appeal lodged
5 March 2019 Planning permission refused
4 September 2019 Planning permission granted
4 September 2019 Appeal granted
4 September 2022 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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