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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

South Shebster

Application Refused10 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 20 March 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10 MW
Status
Application Refused (Planning Permission Refused)
Operator or applicant
Private Developer
Location
South Shebster Caithness, Highland, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Turbines
5

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  • 19 December 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 20 January 2009 Planning permission refused

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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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