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The Whittle Estate, Whetstone - Solar PV system
Awaiting Construction0.4 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 November 2021
The site
- Technology
- Solar
- Capacity
- 0.4 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Whetstone Marine Power Test Facility
- Location
- G E Energy Power Conversion Ltd, Block 82, The Whittle Estate, ( Alstom Site) Cambridge Road, Whetstone, LEICESTER, Leicestershire, LE8 6LH, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Blaby
- Planning application
- 21/0754/PT14J
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Timeline
- 24 September 2021 Planning application submitted
- 26 October 2021 Planning permission granted
Incidents on the register at this site
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Incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom
The register holds 86 incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom, 59 of them fires, and 344 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
- Fire involving solar panels at a Market Harborough house spreads to an adjoining property
- Solar inverter fire on agricultural building in Shropshire
- Fire damages solar panel batteries in a Teignmouth garage
- Fire damages roof with one solar panel in The Charltons
- Solar panels on flat roof alight at terraced building in Newquay
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