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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Solwaybank

Revised42 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 25 May 2022

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
42 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
Location
Solway Bank, Allfornought Hill, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Planning application
09/P/4/0238
Turbines
21

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  • 18 June 2009 Planning application submitted
  • 1 July 2010 Application withdrawn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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