By Ryan Crighton Government-backed plans to build hundreds of wind turbines on the Northern and Western Isles will lose £700million, it has emerged. Energy Secretary Ed Davey announced last month the islands could be in line for scores of new windfarm schemes after the UK Government confirmed plans to offer Read more
It is a sight that will cheer campaigners across the land. After blighting the Yorkshire Dales for more than two decades, four giant turbines have been removed from the stunning landscape – the first ever windfarm in Britain to be scrapped. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2461999/Yorkshire-Dales-wind-farm-Britain-torn-down.html
A community council has taken to cyberspace in its battle against an Angus windfarm development. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/facebook-campaign-launched-in-fight-against-angus-turbines-1.141775
STATISTICS from Scottish Borders Council have revealed that they are now dealing with over one application every single week for a new windfarm. http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/10/16/474992-borders-council-dealing-with-a-new-windfarm-bid-every-week/
The company behind plans to build 750 turbines across the midlands has pledged there will be no wind farms built immediately adjacent to studs. http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-news/no-turbines-beside-studs-1-5584732
UP to two weeks have been set aside to hear the Scottish Government’s appeal against a court ruling on a large wind farm development on Shetland. Lady Clark of Calton quashed consent for Viking Energy’s wind farm following a judicial review brought by campaigners at the Court of Session, because Read more
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to a controversial wind farm planned for a site close to the Cairngorms National Park have made a last-ditch attempt to get the developers to withdraw their proposal. The Save Monadhliath Mountains campaign and its supporters claim that if RWE Npower Renewables Ltd “is an environmentally responsible company” Read more
“The Scottish Government’s policy on wind and salmon farms is a load of hot air and shameless spin,” said Jenny Scobie, Chair of Protect Wild Scotland. “A yes vote for the SNP’s misguided vision of an Independent Scotland is a vote in support of thousands of new wind turbines littering Read more