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Hoprigshiels Community Wind Farm

Operational6.9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 14 July 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
6.9 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Private Developer
Location
Land North And South Of 1 Whinhouse, Hoprigshiels, Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders, Borders, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Borders
Planning application
11/00664/FUL
First operating
2017
Turbines
3

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  • 6 June 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 20 November 2014 Planning permission granted
  • 11 January 2016 Construction started
  • 31 March 2017 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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