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Seamer Windfarm - Stockton on Tees

Operational6 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 29 November 2012

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
6 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Broadview Energy
Location
Between the villages of Hilton and Seamer on the Stockton-on-Tees and North Yorkshire boundaries., County Durham, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Planning application
09/0736/EIS
First operating
2012
Turbines
3

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  • 27 March 2009 Planning application submitted
  • 25 August 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 1 April 2012 Construction started
  • 1 November 2012 Operational

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