Onshore wind · United Kingdom
Rothes Wind (Cairn Uish)
Operational50.6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 31 May 2017
The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 50.6 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Natural Power Consultants
- Location
- Cairn Uish, 10km south of Elgin, Moray, Grampian, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- First operating
- 2004
- Turbines
- 22
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Timeline
- 27 September 2001 Planning application submitted
- 21 January 2003 Planning permission granted
- 1 November 2004 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.
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