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Twentyshilling Hill Wind Farm

Revised27 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 16 September 2019

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
27 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Element Power
Location
Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Planning application
13/P/3/0260
Turbines
9

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  • 28 May 2013 Planning application submitted
  • 1 July 2015 Planning permission granted
  • 1 July 2018 Planning permission expired

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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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