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Whappstown Wind Farm

Revised9.2 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 22 November 2018

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
9.2 MW
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
TCI Renewables
Location
Whappstown Road, Moorfields, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Mid and East Antrim
Planning application
G/2011/0052/F
Turbines
4

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  • 1 February 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 24 September 2015 Planning permission granted
  • 24 September 2019 Planning permission expired

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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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