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Land South of Ystalyfera

Application Refused12 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 20 December 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
12 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
West Coast Energy
Location
Varteg Hill Land South of, Neath, Powys, SA9, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Neath Port Talbot
Planning application
P/2015/0803
Turbines
4, 115 m to tip

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  • 17 September 2015 Planning application submitted
  • 8 December 2017 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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