Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Penrhys Wind Farm/Ferndale Power Factory

Operational6.4 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 November 2013

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 6.4 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: John Laing Environmental Assets Group
Location: Penrhys Rhondda Mid Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Planning application: 03/0226
Appeal reference: App/L6940/A/04/754
First operating: 2011
Turbines: 8

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Timeline

11 February 2003 Planning application submitted
9 January 2004 Planning permission refused
1 March 2005 Planning permission granted
1 March 2005 Appeal granted
1 April 2010 Construction started
8 June 2011 Operational

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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