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Contentious plans for a Carse of Gowrie windfarm have been scaled back in the wake of fears it could interfere with flights. http://www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/local-news-perthshire/perthshire/2013/08/09/73103-33705140/
More than 60 members of the public attended a public information evening held last week regarding the new Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) wind turbine. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/tell-us-more-about-turbine-information-event-is-held-1-3032038
Wind farms are being given around £30million a year in compensation to switch off or slow down their turbines because nearly half the electricity they make is not needed. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2388417/Wind-farms-paid-30-million-year-stand-idle-grid-cope-energy-produce.html
A renewable energy firm is weighing up its options after its proposal for eight large wind turbines at Brunta Hill near Lauder was unanimously rejected on Monday. Speaking to the Border Telegraph after the meeting of Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee, Gemma Hamilton, project development manager of PNE Wind UK Read more
By James Salmon Plans to build more wind farms are ‘deluded’, one of Britain’s biggest investors warned the Government. Dr Nigel Wilson, chief executive of insurance giant Legal & General, said the controversial green energy strategy will carpet the countryside with ‘ugly modern windmills’ and result in even higher bills Read more
Wind farm protestors in Belford are warning that the transport of turbine components could ‘interfere severely’ with village life. Members of the Middleton Burn Action Group (MBAG), which opposes any wind development in the Belford area, have raised concerns about the impact traffic to the proposed nine-turbine Belford Burn development Read more
JOHN JEFFAY CONSTANT humming from part of a new £600 million power line is so loud it is waking nearby residents at night, it has been claimed. EXPANSION: Experts are carrying out tests on part of the Beauly-Denny power line. Picture: Stewart Atwood Noise experts are carrying out tests near Read more
THE recent article ‘SeaEnergy tie-up with university to find ways of cutting offshore wind costs’ on 8th August warrants further comment. There should be an awareness that the revenue costs of an offshore wind farm are relatively small compared to the total cost borne by customers for the energy from Read more