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Haverigg Prison

Abandoned9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 3 October 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
9 MW
Status
Abandoned
Operator or applicant
Partnerships for Renewables
Location
Land to west & south of HMP Prison, Off North Lane, Haverigg, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 4NA, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
4/15/2022/0F1
Turbines
5, 100 m to tip

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  • 23 January 2015 Planning application submitted
  • 10 June 2015 Planning permission granted
  • 10 June 2020 Planning permission expired

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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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