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Hyndburn Wind Farm

Operational24 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 3 May 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
24 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Energiekontor UK
Location
Hyndburn Wind Farm on Oswaldtwistle Moor, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Hyndburn
Planning application
11/09/0512
First operating
2012
Turbines
12

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  • 1 December 2009 Planning application submitted
  • 17 October 2010 Planning permission granted
  • 1 April 2012 Construction started
  • 19 October 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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