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Moor House Wind Farm

Operational12 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 1 May 2018

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
12 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Banks Renewables
Location
Bishopton Lane, Great Burdon, Darlington, County Durham, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Darlington
Planning application
11/00160/FUL
First operating
2017
Turbines
6

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  • 14 March 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 19 October 2011 Planning permission granted
  • 16 January 2017 Construction started
  • 15 December 2017 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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