Onshore wind · United Kingdom
Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm
Under Construction57 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 10 February 2026
The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 57 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Thrive Renewables
- Location
- Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm, Tweedsmuir, Biggar, Strathclyde, ML12 6QS, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application
- EC00002090
- Appeal reference
- WIN-140-4
- Turbines
- 14, 136 m to tip
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Timeline
- 19 January 2015 Planning application submitted
- 25 November 2015 Appeal lodged
- 7 December 2017 Planning permission granted
- 7 December 2017 Appeal granted
- 7 December 2022 Planning permission expired
- 1 October 2025 Construction started
Incidents on the register at this site
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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.
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