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Plans to erect a wind turbine close to Wester Durie Farm in Leven has been thrown out by councillors. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/wester-durie-turbine-plan-rejected-1-3521220

Dunoon wind farm developer under fire/Dunoon Observer http://www.dunoon-observer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7974:dunoon-wind-farm-developer-under-fire&catid=1:news&Itemid=19

Drivers are being warned that traffic is likely to be disrupted as giant wind turbine parts are once more to be moved from Dundee to Stonehaven. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/angus/wind-turbines-to-cause-road-disruption-1.536815

By David Kerr Cairngorm National Park planners have recommended that a controversial windfarm is rejected because of fears that it could spoil the view from a number of popular mountains. The park’s planning committee will consider the proposed 24-turbine Talladh-a-Bheithe Read more

Renewable energy company Seagreen wants to change the route of its underground cables at a berry-growing farm in Angus. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/seagreen-looks-to-alter-route-of-power-cables-from-angus-offshore-windfarm-1.540936

Campaigners against the proposed extension to Little Raith windfarm have accused Kennedy Renewables of leaving communities more than £1.6 million out of pocket. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/call-for-little-raith-windfarm-firm-to-up-community-benefit-pot-1.540973

A MULTI-MILLION pound project to route an underground power line through the heart of Banffshire to connect an offshore wind farm to the National Grid has been backed by local councillors. http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/News/Underground-cable-project-gains-support-25082014.htm

Environmentalists have launched legal action to block the decision to approve, without a public inquiry, SSE’s plans for the largest wind farm yet in the Highlands. The John Muir Trust has now lodged a petition to the Court of Session Read more