The table on P33 (Appendix B) is well worth a look. Nowhere comes close to East Renfrewshire for density of turbines per square kilometer. SushineShowersandGalesReport_FINAL
AN EXTENSIVE project that will see an underground power cable run through the heart of the area, carrying electricity from a huge offshore wind farm has been approved. http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/News/Offshore-wind-farm-cable-plans-get-council-green-light-29092014.htm
Wind farms could cause people living nearby to go deaf, a new study claims. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2775222/Could-living-near-wind-farm-make-DEAF-Low-frequency-hum-damage-inner-ear-experts-warn.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
Simon Bain Business Correspondent/Personal Finance Editor I & H BROWN, founded 50 years ago after two brothers bought a disused Fife aerodrome, is celebrating the anniversary with a record £38m order book. The Perthshire-based group has won half of that in the English civil engineering market, and is progressing plans Read more
IF nothing else, Donald Trump’s explanation why Scots opted not to back independence confirmed his reputation as one of the most egoistic men on the planet. Interviewed a day after the referendum, the blowhard billionaire said that, had Alex Salmond not “littered” the country with “horrible wind turbines”, he might Read more
By Sue Restan A charity has warned building giant turbines in one of the Highlands’ most picturesque areas could have a “disastrous impact” on Scotland’s reputation for spectacular landscape. The stark prediction from wild land organisation the John Muir Trust was delivered on the eve of a Holyrood debate on Read more
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We have recieved an email (published below) from residents on Helensburgh making an appeal for objections. The Helensburgh wind farm application has reached a critical moment. If you have not already objected, could you do so? And fast. Thanks. Argyll and Bute Council has announced that the deadline for representations Read more