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High Moor Wind Farm

Application Refused14.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 30 October 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
14.7 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
National Windpower
Location
High Moor Barningham Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Planning authority
County Durham

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  • 26 April 1996 Planning application submitted
  • 12 November 1998 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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