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A day of output dedicated to the energy debate with a studio powered by renewable energy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fy96j

Developers have dramatically withdrawn a planning application for Hill of Braco windfarm, north of Hatton, just days before it was due to go before councillors on the Cuchan Area Committee. http://www.ellontimes.co.uk/news/local-headlines/windfarm-plans-are-withdrawn-1-3068454

HARD-UP families could see energy bills double to a ­whopping £3,000 a year, experts warned last night. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/425813/3-000-a-year-bills-on-the-way-as-energy-prices-rise-again

New figures showing barely active wind turbines have prompted fears of a rural landscape left scarred by inefficient wind farms http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/concern-wind-turbines-fail-produce-5821247

Onshore wind developers will have to work much harder to convince planning authorities of the case for future sites according to land agents Smiths Gore. http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/31/08/2013/140814/wind-turbine-planning-to-get-harder-warns-smiths-gore.htm

Christine Metcalfe, from Argyll, accused the First Minister of attempting to “bludgeon” local opposition to turbines and driving a pro-wind farm agenda like an “express train”. The 69-year-old said she was “relieved” a UN committee ruled in her favour this week that the UK Government acted illegally by denying the Read more

Rachel Watson A SCOTTISH grandmother has won a United Nations victory over the UK Government. Christine Metcalfe, from Argyll, appeared before the UN to argue that the British Government had failed to fully inform the public about the negative effects of wind farms. Mrs Metcalfe, who travelled to the UN Read more