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Inverclyde Wind Farm (Corlic Hill)

Operational24 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 12 April 2021

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
24 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
BayWa r.e. (formerly Forsa)
Location
Corlic Hill, near Greenock & Port Glasgow, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Inverclyde
Planning application
13/0199/IC
Appeal reference
PPA-280-2022
First operating
2021
Turbines
8

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  • 8 July 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 4 December 2014 Planning permission refused
  • 3 March 2015 Appeal lodged
  • 17 May 2016 Planning permission granted
  • 17 May 2016 Appeal granted
  • 15 May 2019 Construction started
  • 20 February 2021 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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