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Onshore wind · United Kingdom

Winscales Phase I and II

Operational8.8 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 7 September 2009

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
8.8 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Cumbria Wind Farms
Location
Winscales, Workington, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Cumberland
Planning application
2/97/0902
First operating
2004
Turbines
11

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  • 18 November 1997 Planning application submitted
  • 7 June 1999 Planning permission granted
  • 1 December 2004 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.

What fails at onshore wind farms

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