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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

West Browncastle

Operational30 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 19 August 2014

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
30 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Falck Renewables
Location
Strathaven, Strathclyde, ML10 6QW, Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Planning authority
South Lanarkshire
Planning application
EK/10/0358
First operating
2014
Turbines
12

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  • 13 October 2010 Planning application submitted
  • 9 July 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 1 February 2013 Construction started
  • 30 June 2014 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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