Councillors narrowly voted to raise an objection to the extension of a windfarm in the hills above the Great Glen amid fears that the area is being overrun with turbines. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/537994/split-decision-over-windfarm-extensions/
A ROSS-SHIRE wind farm that is yet to built has changed hands. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/turnb-02042015.htm
By 2020, Scotland will be generating a huge surplus of heavily subsidised renewable electricity that it cannot use, sell or store. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/?post_type=platform&p=15729&preview=true
Perth and Kinross Council has been ordered to pay up after Scottish ministers ruled it acted “unreasonably” and bowed to public pressure when it blocked plans for a highly controversial windfarm expansion. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross
An application for two temporary met masts for a wind farm being lined up for the Dava Moor has been rejected. The Ourack Wind Energy Project is planned by Swedish state owned company Vattenfall around six kilometres north of Grantown. Members of Highland Council’s South Area Planning Applications Committee meeting Read more
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An emotive new video highlighting the plethora of giant wind turbines spreading in hills circling Loch Ness has attracted hundreds of views within hours of going online. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/538134/video-new-footage-shows-giant-wind-turbines-across-loch-ness-hills/
THE Beinneun Wind Farm has been granted planning permission to extend its site nine miles west of Loch Ness to include an additional seven turbines up to 136 metres tall. http://www.highland-news.co.uk/News/Highland-Council-grants-01042015.htm