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Solutia UK Ltd

Operational5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 October 2013

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Solutia / Vestas
Location
Traston Road , Newport , South Wales, Gwent, NP14 4XF, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Newport
Planning application
08/1412
First operating
2009
Turbines
2

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  • 5 November 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 19 January 2009 Planning permission granted
  • 1 September 2009 Construction started
  • 17 December 2009 Operational

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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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