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Rumster Forest Community Wind Farm

Abandoned2.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 11 August 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
2.7 MW
Status
Abandoned
Operator or applicant
Latheron, Lybster & Clyth Community Development Company
Location
Gaultiquoy, Rumster Forest, Lybster, Highlands, KW3, Highland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
11/04522/FUL
Turbines
3

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  • 21 December 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 7 August 2015 Planning permission granted
  • 7 August 2018 Planning permission expired

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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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