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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank)

Operational8.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 24 October 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
8.2 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Peel Energy
Location
Sheerness Docks, Sheerness, Kent, Kent, ME12 1RS, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Swale
Planning application
SW/08/0896
First operating
2016
Turbines
4, 125 m to tip

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  • 26 August 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 11 March 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 6 August 2015 Construction started
  • 20 September 2016 Operational

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