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Skeabrae Wind Energy Project

Application Withdrawn1.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 3 October 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
1.5 MW
Status
Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant
Skeabrae Renewables Ltd
Location
RAF Skeabrae, the redundant military aerodrome located west of Dounby in the West Mainland of Orkney, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Orkney Islands
Planning application
12/599/TPP
Turbines
3

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  • 15 August 2012 Planning application submitted
  • 3 September 2013 Application withdrawn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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