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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

New Holland

Operational1 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 January 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
1 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Windflow UK
Location
Land Near New Holland, Stratheast Road, Holm, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Orkney Islands, KW17 2SA, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Orkney Islands
Planning application
13/261/TPP
First operating
2014
Turbines
2

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  • 29 July 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 6 November 2013 Planning permission granted
  • 20 October 2014 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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