Onshore wind · United Kingdom

West Benhar wind farm

Operational27.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 22 May 2023

The site

Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 27.2 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: EDF Energy Renewables
Location: West Benhar Wind Farm North Of Rimmon Cottage Benhar Road Shotts, Strathclyde, ML7 5TF, United Kingdom
Planning authority: North Lanarkshire
Planning application: 13/01377/FUL
First operating: 2023
Turbines: 8

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Timeline

25 July 2013 Planning application submitted
11 September 2015 Planning permission granted
1 March 2021 Construction started
1 January 2023 Operational

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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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