RENEWABLEUK issued a press release recently hailing the 22 per cent of UK electricity production that came from renewables on Sunday, August 17. Most of this (about 16 per cent) was wind. It claimed this showed “that wind is a Read more
Ten wind farms have each been paid more than £3 million over the past three years to shut down their turbines, with one alone receiving £11 million By Edward Malnick A wind farm has been paid £11 million not to Read more
By Richard Burdge A conservation charity has claimed that a controversial windfarm in Highland Perthshire would be “a stab in the heart” for Scotland’s most unspoiled landscapes. The John Muir Trust, which is based in Pitlochry, has lodged an objection Read more
Generating electricity creates noise, but the traditional nuclear, coal and gas fired power stations are all positioned some considerable distance from human habitation. Not so wind turbines where “official guidance” stipulates that turbines should be no closer than 1.5 miles Read more
Paula Murray A Pensioner is abandoning her Scottish dream home after more than a quarter of a century because wind turbines are making her life a “living hell”. Kay Siddell, 69, and her husband John, 64, moved to their rural Read more
A wind farm has been paid £11 million not to produce electricity, The Telegraph can disclose. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/11053385/11m-for-the-wind-farm-that-was-not-working.html
Sunday Times: “No more wind farms please: Scotland is full, says planning official” http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/wind-news/sunday-times-no-more-wind-farms-please-scotland-is-full-says-planning-official/
Credit: By Richard Watt | The Courier | 23 August 2014 | www.thecourier.co.uk ~~ The Scottish Government has appointed an arbiter to resolve a controversial windfarm application for the Angus Glens. Renewables developer Eurowind’s plans to build a 17-turbine farm Read more