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Hellrigg Wind Farm

Revised7.8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 13 September 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
7.8 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Npower Renewables
Location
Park Head Farm Silloth Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
2/2004/0843
Turbines
6

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  • 25 June 2004 Planning application submitted
  • 7 October 2004 Planning permission refused

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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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