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Silton Wind Park

Revised8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 24 October 2011

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
8 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Ecotricity / Next Generation
Location
Land at Silton, Gillingham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Dorset
Planning application
2/2008/0661
Turbines
4

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  • 26 June 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 12 July 2009 Application withdrawn

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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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