A COMMUNITY council serving a rural population of 400 adults is calling in an independent body to run a ballot on a controversial wind farm. http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/Wind-farm-vote-to-cost-250-a-head-16052014.htm
Energy bills are set to go up after regulator Ofgem said it would go ahead with plans to shake up the energy market that will end up helping Scottish wind farms at the expense of power stations in England. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2631371/Energy-bills-set-rise-order-pay-wind-farms-Scotland.html
Spread of small-scale wind turbines popular with farmers takes total number to 30,000, analysis shows By Emily Gosden, Energy Editor The number of onshore wind turbines in Britain has reached 30,000 after increasing by 13 per cent last year, according Read more
THE US tycoon – already locked in a legal battle over similar proposals near his course in Aberdeenshire – says he was aware of another potential windmill war when he purchased Turnberry last month. http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/donald-trump-vows-take-scottish-3551270
Environment Minister and SNP MSP for South Scotland, Paul Wheelhouse, has welcomed an innovative guide to how birds interact with wind farms. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/birds-eye-view-of-turbines-1-3410541
PLANS to expand a windfarm in the Lammermuir hills would create a visual link with a neighbouring facility, creating one giant stretch of turbines on the landscape. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/roundup/articles/2014/05/16/498461-wind-farm-would-detract-from-church/
The Scottish government gave the go-ahead for Iberdrola SA (IBE)’s 22-turbine Ewe Hill wind farm while rejecting another proposed project by RWE AG. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-16/scotland-approves-iberdrola-wind-farm-rejects-rwe-project.html
With the expansion of the Calliacher windfarm balked for now, there have been calls for greater protections for Highland Perthshire. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/residents-call-for-greater-protection-for-perthshire-after-windfarm-decision-1.372476