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Tormywheel

Operational30.8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 31 October 2017

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
30.8 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
BlackRock (formerly Muirhall Energy)
Location
Fauldhouse, Lothian, United Kingdom
Planning authority
West Lothian
Planning application
0551/FUL/11
First operating
2017
Turbines
15, 111 m to tip

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  • 4 February 2005 Planning application submitted
  • 7 June 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 7 December 2015 Construction started
  • 17 March 2017 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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