Videos of Middleton Windfarm aviation safeguarding lights
Videos in close up of one of the 6 turbines at Middleton Windfarm in East Renfrewshire. One taken from the front and the other from behind.
Home News Article Campaign group wants louder voice for communities on wind farm planning decisions – Strthspey & Badenoch Herald
A campaign group is calling for residents in the strath concerned by the growing number of wind farms surrounding the Cairngorms National Park to support a bid to give communities a louder voice in the planning process. Scotland Against Spin wants the Scottish Government to increase the ability of communities Read more
Landmark study puts cost of windfarm development in the picture – Aberdeen University
A landmark study has found that excluding windfarm development in Great Britain’s most scenic areas results in 18% less renewable electricity generation potential and up to 26% higher costs for operators. The study led by the University of Aberdeen used a website where people rate pictures of landscapes across the Read more
Highlands ‘in a dire situation’ as support is sought for onshore wind petition – John O Groat Journal
Support is being sought in the Highlands for a petition calling on the Scottish Government to allow communities a greater say over planning decisions relating to onshore wind farms, with 10 days left until a deadline for submissions. The public petition was lodged in March by Scotland Against Spin (SAS), Read more
Herald letters
Turbines are worse than useless FURTHER to recent letters on the unreliability of wind-generated electricity (May 31 and June 1, 2 & 3), following its plaudits by the policy director of Scottish Renewables, Morag Watson, a point seemingly overlooked is their drain of power when they are static. Thus, they Read more
How to protect birds and bats from wind turbines – BBC
South Africa’s Verreaux’s eagles have a problem. The very landscapes they favour, where the air currents along vast ridges carry them as they soar, are prime locations for wind farm developers – who want to make use of exactly the same resource. “At least 24 carcasses have been picked up Read more
Germany could be forced to import energy from Britain within five years – Telegraph
Germany could be forced to import energy from Britain within years, according to new research, as the UK’s shift to green power takes off. Energy generated from offshore wind farms could soon be exported to continental Europe as energy prices are forecast to rise, especially in Germany, according to S&P Read more
Herald Letters
Herald letters today MAY I add one small addition to the informed letters from Messrs Lindsay, Moore, Baird and Parkin (Letters, June 1)? Perhaps when Mr McDougall is admiring Whitelee from his bicycle he might like to consider that to date this wind farm has been paid more than £143 Read more