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Whittlesey

Operational9 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 July 2012

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
9 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
REG Windpower (previously Cornwall Light and Power)
Location
McCain's Food, Funtham's Lane, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 2PG, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Fenland
Planning application
F/YR07/0413/F
First operating
2008
Turbines
3

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  • 13 April 2007 Planning application submitted
  • 9 July 2007 Planning permission granted
  • 1 November 2007 Construction started
  • 3 September 2008 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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