Planning processes have got balance right on wind farms – Herald (letters)

I WOULD like to respond to your article on wind farms (“Warning wild lands
‘irrevocably damaged’ by push for wind power”, The Herald, December 15).

Onshore wind provides the bulk of Scotland’s green energy, displaces
millions of tonnes of carbon emissions each year and supports 7,500 jobs
across the country.

Scotland’s planning processes are rightly designed to strike the correct
balance between harnessing our natural resources to produce more renewable
energy and protecting our most cherished and important landscapes.

Record levels of renewable power output alongside a record 74 per cent
support for onshore wind – our cheapest form of new power generation – all
suggest that balance is being struck correctly.

Claire Mack,
Chief executive, Scottish Renewables,
46 Bath Street, Glasgow.