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Hellrigg Wind farm

Operational9.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 15 March 2012

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
9.2 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Npower Renewables
Location
Park Head Farm Silloth Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
2/2007/0076
First operating
2011
Turbines
4

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  • 29 January 2007 Planning application submitted
  • 11 December 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 May 2011 Construction started
  • 14 September 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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