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Goonabarn Farm Wind Turbines

Operational1 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 22 April 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
1 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
George Richards Farms Partnership
Location
Goonabarn Farm Summercourt Newquay Cornwall TR8 5BL, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cornwall
Planning application
PA13/00848
First operating
2016
Turbines
2

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  • 12 February 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 4 July 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 1 January 2016 Construction started
  • 1 April 2016 Operational

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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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