Rejection rate now double that when coalition came to power, as onshore wind power becomes major area of political tension http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/21/six-in-10-uk-onshore-wind-farms-rejected-report
Turbines at Barmoor near Berwick have finally started turning after years of local residents trying to block the project http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/turbines-barmoor-near-berwick-northumberland-8491120
Windfarm operators in the Carrick area have been paid almost £900,000 this year to power down due to extreme wind. Power firms qualify for the so-called constraint payments when wind farms are switched off when it is too windy. And the operators of the Hadyard Hill, Arecleoch and Mark Hill Read more
By Ross Thomson The fight to stop a windfarm being built near Kilncadzow has begun again – less than two months after councillors threw out the plans. The original Hill Rig Windfarm application, by Community Windpower Ltd, saw 230 letters of objection to the plans which would have seen the Read more