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Westnewton (withdrawn)

Application Withdrawn10 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 March 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
10 MW
Status
Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant
Unknown
Location
Aspatria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
2/2007/0909
Turbines
5

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  • 5 September 2007 Planning application submitted
  • 12 June 2008 Application withdrawn

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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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