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National Wind Turbine Test Site

Operational4.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 November 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
4.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
NEL
Location
National Wind Turbine Test site Myres Hill Eaglesham, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
East Renfrewshire
Planning application
1999/0406/TP
First operating
2001
Turbines
2

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  • 19 August 1999 Planning application submitted
  • 1 August 2000 Planning permission granted
  • 15 February 2001 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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