Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Polquhairn Wind Farm

Application Withdrawn34.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 10 April 2026

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 34.2 MW
Status: Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant: Brookfield Renewable UK Limited
Location: Polquhairn Wind Farm B7046 From Sinclairston To U728 Glenconner Skares Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18, United Kingdom
Planning authority: East Ayrshire
Planning application: 21/0092/PP
Turbines: 9, 145 m to tip

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Timeline

21 January 2021 Planning application submitted
19 April 2024 Application withdrawn

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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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