Planning application · Offshore wind · Scottish Government (S36)
Levenmouth demonstration turbine (Fife Energy Park)
Operational7 MWSubmitted 2 December 2009Granted 18 November 2011
The application
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- County or area
- Offshore
- Nation
- Scotland
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Catapult
- Location
- Fife Energy Park (Test Site) off the coast of Methil in Fife
- Turbines
- 1
- First operating
- 2014
Timeline
- 2 December 2009 Planning application submitted
- 18 November 2011 Planning permission granted
- 8 October 2013 Construction started
- 31 March 2014 Operational
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 11 comparable offshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0758, Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, 166 km from this site.
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| EIR-0758 | 2024 | Service vessel collision damages turbine at Orsted's Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm | 166 km | Significant |
| EIR-1778 | 2018 | Engineer loses arm during repair at North Sea Siemens Gamesa turbine | 166 km | Major |
| EIR-0447 | 2023 | Fire destroyed turbine at Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm in 2023 | 498 km | Major |
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 8 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Levenmouth demonstration turbine (Fife Energy Park) from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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