TAXPAYERS have had to foot the bill for £1.5million worth of wind turbines in school grounds, it has been revealed.
Councils built dozens of turbines at schools across the country at huge cost to the public purse, only to decommission many of them a few years later.
Figures released yesterday revealed that 68 turbines had been built on school grounds over the past few years, with some local authorities involving as many as 16 schools in renewable energy projects.
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Campaign group Scotland Against Spin hit out at the Scottish Government for overruling councils repeatedly who had rejected plans for turbines in regions across the country. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/snp-government-labelled-disgrace-just-33308879
A resident has raised concerns that a “grotty” wind turbine is “leaching oil” and polluting the surrounding environment. One of the four electricity-generating structures at Neilston Community Windfarm has been spotted in a sorry state of Read more…
Communities opposed to development in their area are just going to have to “suck it up”. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13656273/Locals-told-suck-complains-wind-solar-farms-Labour-Rachel-Reeves.html
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