Campaigners issue plea to wind farm developers – The Herald

CAMPAIGNERS opposed to a controversial wind farm planned for a site close
to the Cairngorms National Park have made a last-ditch attempt to get the
developers to withdraw their proposal.

The Save Monadhliath Mountains campaign and its supporters claim that if
RWE Npower Renewables Ltd “is an environmentally responsible company” it
has no choice but to accept that the application for a 31-turbine wind farm
at Allt Duine near Aviemore is doomed to fail.

The development has been the subject of a public inquiry and the resulting
report is being considered by ministers. But campaign spokesman Chris
Townsend has written to RWE saying the company should accept it will not
receive approval in light of the decision to refuse the Glenkirk wind farm
application and “should withdraw the scheme”.

But Jenny Gascoigne, development manager for RWE, said the company had no
intention of withdrawing its plans.