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Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission)

Operational26 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 24 April 2012

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
26 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Scottish Power Renewables
Location
Land adjacent to Rio Tinto Alcan Smelter, Lynemouth (2km north of Ashington), Northumberland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Northumberland
Planning application
CM/20060984
First operating
2012
Turbines
13

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  • 20 November 2006 Planning application submitted
  • 11 May 2007 Planning permission refused
  • 8 January 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 8 January 2009 Appeal granted
  • 1 July 2010 Construction started
  • 12 April 2012 Operational

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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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