The company behind plans for a controversial wind farm at Armadale in north Sutherland has axed three turbines from the layout. Brookfield Renewables UK Ltd confirmed the move which it said was in response to objections. The original scheme for 12 150-metre high turbines had been due to go before Read more…
Trout are unable to live in the Burn of Lunklet because of high concentrations of metal from the Viking construction site, a damning report has found. A report into water quality around the windfarm site found that the lack of trout in the burn was completely “unprecedented”. And Waterside Read more…
Wind farms were paid to switch off on Tuesday evening at the same time households were asked to turn their lights off to save energy. Between 4.30pm and 6pm on Tuesday, wind farms were paid about £65,000 to stop producing enough electricity to power 50,000 homes for a day, according Read more…
Easy equation? The main ingredient required to make inland wind turbines generate electricity is wind. Recently the “windmills” in my area and in many other areas have been motionless. In the form of a simple equation; wind turbine + no wind = no electricity generated = coal fired power Read more…