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Tory MPs have voted to support a Bill to scrap taxpayers’ subsidy for onshore wind turbines. http://www.imeche.org/news/engineering/mps-set-to-axe-onshore-wind-subsidy-22011502

The finding of part of a turbine blade on a road near a Borders wind farm and the collapse of a 100m turbine in Northern Ireland have raised safety concerns about wind farms. Turbines at Longpark wind farm near Stow are turning again after EDF Energy Renewables established that the Read more

By Morag Lindsay Donald Trump has renewed his legal challenge to an offshore windfarm which he claims is ruining his plans for an exclusive golf resort in the north-east. The US tycoon has raised a court action against Scottish Ministers who are backing the Aberdeen Bay scheme. He wants judges Read more

By Jane Candlish Anti-windfarm campaigners have called for a moratorium on new turbine developments in the north amid fears the region is being “swamped” by turbines. They claim 500 of the devices have been built or are planned within a few miles of iconic Loch Ness and want a full Read more

Rejection rate now double that when coalition came to power, as onshore wind power becomes major area of political tension http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/21/six-in-10-uk-onshore-wind-farms-rejected-report

Turbines at Barmoor near Berwick have finally started turning after years of local residents trying to block the project http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/turbines-barmoor-near-berwick-northumberland-8491120

Windfarm operators in the Carrick area have been paid almost £900,000 this year to power down due to extreme wind. Power firms qualify for the so-called constraint payments when wind farms are switched off when it is too windy. And the operators of the Hadyard Hill, Arecleoch and Mark Hill Read more

By Ross Thomson The fight to stop a windfarm being built near Kilncadzow has begun again – less than two months after councillors threw out the plans. The original Hill Rig Windfarm application, by Community Windpower Ltd, saw 230 letters of objection to the plans which would have seen the Read more