Location South Ayrshire Commission date June 2011 Type Onshore Owner Scottish Power | Status Operational Operator(s) Scottish Power Address Girvan KA26 0SJ, UK Construction began 2009 | |
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Country Scotland, United Kingdom | ||
Arecleoch Wind Farm is a 60 turbine wind farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland with a total capacity of 120 megawatts (MW), enough to power over 67,000 homes. Construction started in 2009 and it was commissioned in June 2011.
Incidents
In January and February 2016 there were two separate incidents of a turbine catching fire overnight while the site was unmanned due to faults in the mechanism housing. The turbines were destroyed and were disassembled and removed from site. Scottish Power reported to the Sunday Mail on 10 April 2016 they were investigating these incidents along with the manufacturer Gamesa. In December 2016 a third turbine caught fire while it was switched off for maintenance. The turbine was left to burn itself out and was destroyed.
References
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