Caithness Windfarm Information Forum (CWIF) has just launched a specially commissioned report “The Safety Aspects of The Highland Council’s Practice of Placing Small Wind Turbines in School Playgrounds” Highland Council, like other councils and schools all over the UK, has been installing turbines in school playgrounds with no regard for Read more…
SAS has commented on the latest DECC press release about renewable energy jobs and investment. These are overspun and discredited figures which will persuade no one that onshore wind energy is a significant job creator. In fact the very high levels of public subsidy, not to mention the increased electricity Read more…
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) will begin consultation this Thursday (23 May) on new, revised guidance for producing visualisations for proposed wind farms. The consultation will be launched at the All Energy conference in Aberdeen. The new guidance describes how wind farm developers should visually represent their proposal in their planning Read more…
For many years, campaigners against industrial wind turbines have been highlighting the inadequacies of the ETSU-R-97 in accurately predicting noise levels from industrial wind turbines. The guide is often criticised as being out of date, as it was written at a time when turbines were much smaller, and does not Read more…