Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Knockbain Farm - Wind turbine

Application RefusedChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 June 2025

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Status: Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant: Wind2 Limited
Location: Knockbain Farm, Airstrip, Dingwall, Highland, IV15 9TJ, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Highland
Planning application: 24/03379/FUL
Turbines: 1, 99.5 m to tip

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Timeline

3 October 2024 Planning application submitted
20 May 2025 Planning permission refused

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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

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.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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