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Mynydd Y Gwrhyd Windfarm

Operational4.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 January 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
4.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Awel Aman Tawe Community Energy
Location
Mynydd Y Gwrhyd, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Neath Port Talbot
Planning application
P2010/1225
First operating
2017
Turbines
2

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  • 10 December 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 21 March 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 14 March 2016 Construction started
  • 1 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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