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Loch Sminig Wind Project

Operational2.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 June 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn
Location
Either side of the road between Baile an Truiseil and Upper Barvas, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0QX, Western Isles, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Planning application
08/00407/PPD
First operating
2015
Turbines
3

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  • 29 August 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 6 May 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 3 June 2013 Construction started
  • 15 September 2015 Operational

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