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Mynydd y Betws

Operational34.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 31 August 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
34.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
ESB (Cambrian Renewable Energy Ltd / Betws Common Holdings Ltd)
Location
Mynydd y Betws, Betws, Ammanford, Dyfed, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Neath Port Talbot
Planning application
E/10446
First operating
2013
Turbines
15

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  • 22 June 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 17 June 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 January 2012 Construction started
  • 1 April 2013 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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