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Wathegar 2 Wind Farm

Operational18.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 2 January 2020

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
18.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
BayWa r.e.
Location
Wathegar, Bilbster, Wick, Highland, KW1 5SG, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Highland
Planning application
11/03671/FUL
First operating
2017
Turbines
9

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  • 10 October 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 23 March 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 13 December 2016 Construction started
  • 15 September 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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