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The Isles Wind Farm

Application Withdrawn48 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 26 January 2016

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
48 MW
Status
Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant
E.ON Climate and Renewables
Location
Land 1.5km east of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Planning authority
County Durham
Planning application
DM/14/01210/FPA
Turbines
24

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  • 15 May 2014 Planning application submitted
  • 21 January 2016 Application withdrawn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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