Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Townlands of Carrickatane

Operational20.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 6 November 2013

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 20.7 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Northern Wind Power
Location: Townlands of Carrickatane, Castlemellan, Cullion, Gortmellan & Taboe Glebe (Co. Tyrone) and Tirkeeveny & Killymallaght (Co. Derry), accessing onto Gortmellon Road, Cullion, BT47 3TA, Co. Derry / Londonderry, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Derry City and Strabane
Planning application: J/2005/0211/F
First operating: 2013
Turbines: 9

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Timeline

11 February 2005 Planning application submitted
19 March 2009 Planning permission granted
1 December 2011 Construction started
21 March 2013 Operational

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

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.

Crane topples on Scout Moor wind farm projectEIR-1624 · 2026
Fire destroys turbine at Whitelee windfarm near GlasgowEIR-1157 · 2026
Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in WalesEIR-0874 · 2026
Nordex turbine damaged by suspected lightning strike at UK wind farmEIR-0732 · 2026
Wind turbine fire at Kirkby Moor Wind Farm in CumbriaEIR-0363 · 2026

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