Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Lowther Hills (North Lowther Energy Initiative)

Appeal Refused147 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 July 2021

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 147 MW
Status: Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant: Forsa (formerly 2020 Renewables/ Buccleuch)
Location: near Wanlockhead and the Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands special protection area, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Scottish Government (S36)
Planning application: ECU00000426
Appeal reference: WIN-170-2004
Turbines: 30, 149 m to tip

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Timeline

12 June 2017 Planning application submitted
7 December 2018 Appeal lodged
8 January 2021 Planning permission refused
8 January 2023 Appeal refused

Incidents on the register at this site

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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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