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Ovenden Moor (Repower)

Operational18 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 February 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
18 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Yorkshire Windpower
Location
Withens Road, Wainstalls, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Calderdale
Planning application
12/00955/WDF
First operating
2017
Turbines
9, 115 m to tip

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  • 2 August 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 16 November 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 21 May 2015 Construction started
  • 24 January 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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