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Sandwick North St Community wind turbine

Awaiting Construction5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 21 September 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
5 MW
Status
Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant
SgurrEnergy
Location
Point And Sandwick Power Beinn, Pentland Drive, Carloway, Isle Of Lewis, Western Isles, Western Isles, HS2 9AX, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Turbines
1, 145 m to tip

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  • 20 January 2017 Planning application submitted
  • 5 November 2019 Planning permission granted
  • 5 November 2024 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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