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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Kelburn

Operational28 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 3 May 2012

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
28 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
Location
Largs North Ayrshire, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
North Ayrshire
Planning application
N/04/00786/PP
First operating
2012
Turbines
14

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  • 9 July 2004 Planning application submitted
  • 26 February 2007 Planning permission refused
  • 10 August 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 10 August 2009 Appeal granted
  • 1 November 2010 Construction started
  • 2 May 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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