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Land at Tacher

Revised4.3 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 30 September 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
4.3 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Cleanearth
Location
Tacher, Caithness, Latheron, Highlands, Highland, KW5 6DX, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
19/05479/FUL
Turbines
1, 145 m to tip

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  • 12 December 2019 Planning application submitted
  • 4 May 2020 Application withdrawn

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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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