SAS Comment on Aberdeenshire turbine numbers, where the majority of turbines that have been consented remain unbuilt as yet: Not seeing turbines which have been consented lulls people into a false sense of security. This is very dangerous as many areas of Scotland such as Aberdeenshire are well past saturation Read more…
Britain’s “energy and climate change” policies – including subsidies for wind farms and nuclear power stations – will add 41 per cent to the price of electricity in the UK by 2030 according to forecasts by the energy department. http://www.thegwpf.org/green-madness-climate-policies-add-41-electricity-prices-2030/
Mr Davey defended wind farms after it emerged that the number of turbine projects granted planning permission has more than doubled over the last two years. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10375644/Wind-farms-are-value-for-money-Ed-Davey-says.html
The Conservative Party has said councils in Scotland have received more than 2,500 wind farm applications in the past 18 months. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24508808
A series of objections have been lodged by the Ministry of Defence to a proposed wind farm close to Hermitage Castle. http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/news/local-headlines/mod-turbines-a-flight-hazard-1-3137689
Villagers fight plans for four wind farm developments as firms rush to take up lucrative subsidies http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10375004/Wind-farms-are-green-vandalism-driven-by-greed.html
Record numbers of onshore wind farms have been approved for construction this year as power companies cash in on hundreds of millions of pounds in subsidies. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10375167/Number-of-planned-new-onshore-wind-farms-has-doubled-since-2011.html
The latest figures show that there has been a surge in the number of planning-permission approvals for onshore wind farms, more than doubling in two years from 83, in January to August 2011, to 188 during the same period this year. Supporters of wind farms will doubtless offer this as Read more…