Britain’s wild and beautiful spots are havens for nature and draw visitors from around the world. But they also tend to be windy – and keeping them turbine-free might mean missing energy targets, new research has found. A study from Aberdeen University and Warwick Business School found that scenic sights Read more
Last week (June 1) I wrote a letter to the Herald about wind turbines, wildlife and cycling. A friend remarked that I got a doing. However I prefer the impact of turbines to that of more industrial processes. Having played as a child on the red bings of High Blantyre Read more
A major wind farm could be utilised as a tourist attraction in the far north, a Highland councillor has said. Kirsteen Currie envisages the Strathy South development in Sutherland as a “Whitelee of the North”, a reference to the UK’s largest onshore windfarm near Glasgow. The 39-turbine project was approved Read more
Communities that resist onshore wind farms find themselves in a “David and Goliath situation” and are let down by a planning system that is murky and undemocratic, a Caithness councillor has claimed. Councillor Matthew Reiss argues that too often local people are left feeling helpless in the face of “gigantic Read more
Highland Council has rejected a proposal for a £44 million wind farm at Ardross. Members of the north planning applications committee today turned down German firm EnergieKontor UK Ltd application for planning consent to erect the seven-turbine Strathrory Wind Farm. The location pinpointed for the development was north of Strathy Read more
A Caithness wind farm campaigner has welcomed the news that there will be no appeal for the Cairnmore Hill Wind Farm after Highland Council knocked back the plans. Brenda Herrick’s comments come following the announcement from the company behind the proposals that they will not try to get the decision Read more
Wildcat Haven, United Kingdom 7 JUN 2021 — Hi All As you all know, we have been trying to understand why the Scottish government is so intent on clear felling large areas of the Clashindarroch, jeopardising the most significant population of wildcats in existence, for a wind farm that could Read more
There is one important point that needs to be added to all the exceptionally enlightening letters which have been published over the last week concerning the ineffectiveness of wind farms and the environmental damage caused by them. What everyone sees at the moment as they go about their daily business Read more