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Hill of Towie (Drummuir)

Operational48 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 June 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
48 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
Location
Hill of Towie, Knockan and McHattie's Cairn, Drummuir, Keith, Banffshire, Moray, Grampian, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Moray
Planning application
02/02099/EIA
First operating
2012
Turbines
21

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  • 15 November 2002 Planning application submitted
  • 11 November 2003 Planning permission granted
  • 1 September 2010 Construction started
  • 1 June 2012 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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