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Hillhead of Auquhirie

Revised6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 25 January 2010

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
6 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Polar Energy
Location
Hillhead of Auquhirie, Stonehaven, Grampian, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Aberdeenshire
Planning application
APP/2006/1777
Turbines
3

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  • 9 May 2006 Planning application submitted
  • 2 October 2008 Application withdrawn

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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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