Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Newark, Skelwick - Wind Turbine

Awaiting ConstructionChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 25 February 2025

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Distgen Limited
Location: Newark, Skelwick, Westray, Islands, KW17 2DD, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Orkney Islands
Planning application: 24/298/TPP
Turbines: 1, 64 m to tip

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Timeline

2 September 2024 Planning application submitted
13 February 2025 Planning permission granted
13 February 2028 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

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.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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