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Hazlehead

Operational6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 17 May 2012

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
6 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Banks Renewables
Location
to the rear of Hepworth's factory, Crow Edge, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Barnsley
Planning application
2006/1575
First operating
2011
Turbines
3

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  • 5 September 2006 Planning application submitted
  • 8 March 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 August 2010 Construction started
  • 16 December 2011 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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