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Mynydd y Gwair Wind Farm

Revised57 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 April 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
57 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Npower Renewables
Location
Mynydd y Gwair, Swansea, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Swansea
Planning application
2008/1781
Turbines
19

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  • 2 September 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 12 January 2010 Planning permission refused
  • 21 February 2011 Appeal refused

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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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