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Watford Lodge

Operational12.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 17 December 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
12.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Broadview Energy
Location
runs from Watford to West Hadon Road along norhtern side of railway, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
West Northamptonshire
Planning application
DA/2009/0620
First operating
2015
Turbines
5

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  • 19 August 2008 Planning application submitted
  • 20 April 2011 Planning permission refused
  • 21 December 2011 Planning permission granted
  • 21 December 2011 Appeal granted
  • 1 December 2014 Construction started
  • 23 November 2015 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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