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Headwind Taff Ely Wind Farm (Repowering)

Planning Permission Expired17.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 27 February 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
17.5 MW
Status
Planning Permission Expired
Operator or applicant
RWE Npower Renewables
Location
10 kilometres (km) north east of Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Planning application
11/1468/10
Turbines
7

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  • 23 December 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 23 April 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 8 January 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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