Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Hesta Head Wind Farm

Awaiting Construction20.4 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 August 2020

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 20.4 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
Operator or applicant: Hoolan Energy/ Hesta Head Wind Farm
Location: Hesta Head (Land Near), South Ronaldsay Windwick, Kirkwall, Orkney Isles, Orkney Islands, KW15 1HQ, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Orkney Islands
Planning application: 17/083/TPPMAJ
Appeal reference: PPA-330-2023
Turbines: 5, 125 m to tip

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Timeline

6 March 2017 Planning application submitted
21 September 2018 Planning permission refused
8 October 2018 Appeal lodged
18 April 2019 Planning permission granted
18 April 2019 Appeal granted
11 April 2027 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

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.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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