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Kyle Windfarm

Application Refused255 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 9 June 2010

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
255 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
AMEC
Location
Kyle forest, B714 road between New Cumnock and Dalmellington, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Scottish Government (S36)
Planning application
IEC3/73
Turbines
85

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  • 29 October 2004 Planning application submitted
  • 24 October 2008 Planning permission refused

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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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