Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Ludenhill, Lochside Road - Wind Turbine

Awaiting Construction0.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 3 April 2024

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 0.5 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Constantine Wind Energy
Location: Ludenhill, Lochside Road, Birsay, Islands, KW17 2NR, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Orkney Islands
Planning application: 23/295/TPP
Turbines: 1, 76 m to tip

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Timeline

24 August 2023 Planning application submitted
26 March 2024 Planning permission granted
27 March 2027 Planning permission expired

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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