Onshore wind · United Kingdom
Shepherd's Rig Wind Farm
Awaiting Construction81 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 September 2023
The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 81 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Boralex/Infinergy
- Location
- Shepherds Rig Windfarm 5KM E/O, Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application
- ECU00000735
- Turbines
- 13, 200 m to tip
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Timeline
- 17 December 2018 Planning application submitted
- 21 August 2023 Planning permission granted
- 21 August 2028 Planning permission expired
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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