Wind farms ‘trashing’ the countryside By David Mackay The Scottish Government has been pressed to stop “trashing” the Moray countryside with wind farm developments. Fears have already been raised the region is nearing saturation point with the renewable energy technology with 156 turbines already in operation that are more than Read more…
Laura Maxwell An Irish wind farm developer is looking to build a wind farm in the hills around Kilmichael Glen and Ford, writes Laura Maxwell. A pre-application was submitted to the Scottish Government by Arcus Consultancy on behalf of Cork-based energy company Enerco on August 13. The proposed Glasvaar development Read more…
Four in 10 wind turbine appeals decided by the Scottish government successfully overturned the original decision, the BBC has found. Official figures show 250 wind turbine applications, which were refused by Scottish councils, have been decided by the Scottish government since 2002. In 104 cases (41.6%) the original decision was Read more…