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Michael Owens Developers have tried to build scores of wind turbines on Angus countryside over the past year. Applications for nearly 90 turbines have been handed to Angus Council in the last 12 months for wind farms across the county. Read more

Lawyers for Donald Trump could step in to oppose the Scottish Government in a landmark court case over a Shetland windfarm http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/10/trump-lawyers-look-court-precedent-windfarm-fight/

SCOTLAND’S mountaineers have called on SNP conference delegates to tell their leaders to stop riding roughshod over the law in pursuing their drive for wind power. http://www.mcofs.org.uk/news.asp?s=2&nid=Landscape%20Matters&id=MCS-N11284

A Scottish local authority and a community council have called for applications for two wind farms to be rejected on the grounds that they fall foul of a recent legal ruling. Scottish Borders Council claims that an application for the Read more

Britain’s biggest energy supplier blamed Government costs as it pushed the average annual dual fuel bills up by £120 a year to £1,471 – the highest typical tariff ever seen in the UK. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/10384949/Use-less-British-Gas-says-as-it-raises-annual-energy-bills-by-more-than-120.html

High risk of blackouts’ mean Britain could be plunged into the dark ages next winter as ageing electrical system struggles to cope with pressure warns experts http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2464131/Britain-facing-high-risk-blackouts-5-years.html

A CAMPAIGN group is calling on Highland Council to halt a Public Local Inquiry into a controversial wind farm in Easter Ross because it says it is “unlawful” http://www.north-star-news.co.uk/News/Dramatic-turn-in-Easter-Ross-wind-farm-plan-17102013.htm