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		<title>Renewables report a blueprint for ignoring communities, says MEP</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/09/renewables-report-a-blueprint-for-ignoring-communities-says-mep/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Today’s release by the Scottish Government of a blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments is yet more bad news for Scotland’s coastal communities and businesses, Scottish Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson has said. The report, prepared by a task force comprising government agencies and renewable developers, sets out a number of recommendations to speed up the whole-sale development of off-shore wind farms. Although it recommends that, &#8220;Developers and regulators should use a mandatory multilateral pre-application .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bid to extend wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/09/bid-to-extend-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Proposals to extend the second-largest wind farm in the UK by 11 turbines go on display at two public exhibitions. Crystal Rig wind farm, about seven miles south of Dunbar in the Lammermuirs Hills, currently operates with 85 wind turbines (25 turbines of phase I and Ia, and 60 of phase II and IIa) giving it a capacity of 200.5 megawatts. The proposed phase III extension for 11 new turbines would be located on the northern side of Crystal Rig .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Trump claims &#8216;hideous and noisy&#8217; windfarms will make Scotland a laughing stock</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/donald-trump-claims-hideous-and-noisy-windfarms-will-make-scotland-a-laughing-stock/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has claimed an increasing proliferation of windfarms will make Scotland the &#8221;laughing stock&#8221; of the world. In a strongly worded tirade against Alex Salmond&#8217;s renewable energy ambitions, the US billionaire also suggested the policy could threaten the prospect of Scottish independence. The row came after Mr Trump said plans for a windfarm have forced him to put development of a £750 million golf resort on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire on hold. The new comments are his most .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Huff and puff of wind farm critics falls on deaf ears</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/huff-and-puff-of-wind-farm-critics-falls-on-deaf-ears/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not quite a case of biting the hand that feeds; after all Alex Salmond and his ministers played the Donald Trump application for that golf course in Aberdeenshire strictly by the book, didn’t they? Still, the fuss that the American businessman is making over an offshore wind farm that, presumably on a clear day, could be seen from his fairways and hotel must be a bit of a surprise, to say the least, for our SNP masters. He’s made .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>On the path to a dark, silent forest of spruce</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/on-the-path-to-a-dark-silent-forest-of-spruce/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Caithness has few really good paths. There are plenty of rather boring forest tracks and roads, but if you want a good long walk you have to be prepared to read a map, cross pathless country and tackle obstacles such as ditches and wet ground. There are plenty of places where good, signposted paths could be made but in general there has been neither the will nor the money to do it. A piece on the radio about walking old .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Is your money blowing in the wind?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/is-your-money-blowing-in-the-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines have become a familiar sight in the Scottish landscape. From the centre of Glasgow, the Whitelee Windfarm at the southern edge of the city can clearly be seen. Wind farms have been promoted as a cental plank in the renewables energy policy which will allegedly revitalise the Scottish economy and save the planet. But how much of a contribution do the turbines make to the energy needs of the nation? And how much does it cost when the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Subsidy cuts could pull the plug on community green energy schemes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/subsidy-cuts-could-pull-the-plug-on-community-green-energy-schemes/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Community scale green energy projects could be put out of business by Scottish Government plans to slash subsidy support for onshore wind and hydro schemes, the SNP has been warned. Under current proposals, subsidy levels for hydro schemes would be cut by half and for onshore wind projects by a tenth, so funds can be diverted to newer forms of renewable technology, such as wave and tidal projects. Dozens of small-scale community-owned wind and hydro schemes are springing up, generating .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>100 Tories call for wind-farm subsidy cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/100-tories-call-for-wind-farm-subsidy-cuts/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government has launched a robust defence of its flagship green energy policy after concerns were raised by more than 100 Tory politicians about the cost of subsidies paid for onshore wind farms. The MPS called for a dramatic cut to subsidies in a revolt against government policy, as they expressed serious concerns over the level of taxpayers’ money going to the sector. Campaigners against wind farms in Scotland yesterday added their voices to the calls for subsidies to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore turbines &#8216;will pose a threat to nuclear subs fleet&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/offshore-turbines-will-pose-a-threat-to-nuclear-subs-fleet/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Defence chiefs have warned that Britain’s nuclear submarine fleet could be under threat from plans to erect hundreds of wind farms off the west coast of Scotland. They say the developments could hamper access to the Trident base on the Clyde and increase the risk of subs running aground or colliding with other vessels. Reports yesterday quoted a senior defence source as saying: “There is no doubt that these fields would be an additional hazard to shipping. The rotating blades .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kilgallioch Forest wind farm plans revised</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/kilgallioch-forest-wind-farm-plans-revised/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Revised plans for a major wind farm development in Wigtownshire have been submitted to the Scottish government. Scottish Power Renewables had previously applied to construct 132 turbines at a site in Kilgallioch Forest near New Luce. However, the energy company has now scaled back the proposed development to 99 turbines. The project site sits on the border between Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire. Initial plans were submitted two years ago and, at the time, it would have been one .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Rural communities are being torn apart by wind farms&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/rural-communities-are-being-torn-apart-by-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm developers are being encouraged by the Scottish Government to offer “community benefits” – some might say bribes – to local communities when submitting planning applications. Communities are being invited to negotiate “benefits” with developers in advance of planning decisions. This is a threat to the impartiality of our planning system. Rural communities in the Borders are already being torn apart by wind farms. As developers rush to make substantial financial gain, often with scant regard for the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Luxury hotel raises a storm over Kenly windfarm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/luxury-hotel-raises-a-storm-over-kenly-windfarm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The owners of the luxury Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort and Spa in St Andrews have expressed a “fundamental concern” over plans for a windfarm at Kenly Farm, near Boarhills. St Andrews University has lodged an application for a six-turbine, 12.3 megawatt facility at the site, a few miles south of St Andrews, which is a major component of its strategy to offset rising energy costs. However, the American owners of the five-star hotel complex claim it will threaten the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions concerning Little Raith Wind Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/questions-concerning-little-raith-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We had a meeting with the developer of Little Raith Wind Farm (Kennedy Renewables) and their PR/Political Lobbying group (Invicta PA) back in October. Unfortunately, most of our questions couldn’t be answered at the time, but the developer took note of the issues and concerns raised, and notified us they will get back to us regarding our queries, and could we also include our concerns in writing. We contacted the developers and the four Community Councils on the 27th January .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MoD&#8217;s concerns over wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/mods-concerns-over-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Defence chiefs have raised concerns that the country&#8217;s nuclear submarine fleet could be put at risk by Scotland&#8217;s offshore wind farm scheme. Plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines off the west coast sparked fears over the safety of nuclear submarines operating out of Faslane Naval Base after MoD sources described the plans as &#8220;hazardous&#8221;. They warned offshore renewable developments could hamper access to the Clyde&#8217;s Trident base, as well as increase the risk of submarines running aground or colliding. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm developer &#8216;sorry for confusion&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/04/windfarm-developer-sorry-for-confusion/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The firm behind controversial plans for a windfarm in the Howe of Fife has apologised to local people amid confusion about the level of financial benefits the community would receive should the plans go ahead. West Coast Energy has scaled down its application for a windfarm at Clatto Hill in Devon Wood and is now seeking permission to erect five turbines at a height of 115m each instead of the seven 121m turbines that were originally proposed. That means that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for immediate end to Ochils windfarms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/04/call-for-immediate-end-to-ochils-windfarms/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A call has been made for an immediate moratorium on windfarms in the Ochil hills due to the &#8221;cavalier, duplicitous and philistine&#8221; approach of major power firms towards the area. With the prospect of another 18 turbines before Perth and Kinross Council planners, Councillor Mike Barnacle has made an impassioned plea for a halt to the &#8221;industrialisation&#8221; of the hills. His call comes as energy firm Wind Prospect tries to enlarge its Burnfoot windfarm, near two others which were passed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council fear turbine &#8220;done deal&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/council-fear-turbine-done-deal/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mearns Community Council have lodged an objection to an 81m wind turbine at Brigton, Laurencekirk, but with planning officials making a recommendation of approval they fear they are wasting their time. Chairman David Nelson told the council that the application was due to go before the area committee next week. “We have already objected to this turbine as it is right in the middle of arable farmland. “The planners are recommending approval, which goes completely against our wishes.” Member Alan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>University in wind farm row</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/university-in-wind-farm-row/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scotland&#8217;s oldest university is at odds with a prestigious hotel over plans for a new wind farm which it is feared will damage a historic town and affect tourism. St Andrews University has proposed six turbines to be built around five miles away from the town, which attracts thousands of visitors every year. However, the five-star Old Course Hotel, which borders the championship golf course, has objected saying it would have a &#8220;detrimental visual impact&#8221; , particularly on the Duke&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lingo Wind Farm application submitted</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/lingo-wind-farm-application-submitted/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans or a north east Fife wind farm, costing £15 million to build, have been submitted to Fife Council. Welsh-based company West Coast Energy wants to create a farm, as the Mail has previously detailed, which would consist of five 100-metre high turbines on land north of the B940 road between Largoward and Dunino. To be called Lingo Wind Farm, the developer insists it would be able to power around 7000 homes a year using green energy. No timescale has .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mull Hill wind farm visual impact report &#8220;makes appalling viewing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/mull-hill-wind-farm-visual-impact-report-makes-appalling-viewing/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Further to WGR Thomson’s letter in last week’s Strathearn Herald, I have details of the visual impact report of the proposed nine-turbine Mull Hill wind farm above Connachan Farm opposite the old Foulford Inn. The report can be examined at the Strathearn Library. It makes appalling viewing. The huge turbines will despoil the long, pristine and continuous range of hills and mountains from the Sma’ Glen in the east way to the west beyond Comrie and Ben Vorlich. The turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Old Course Hotel warns Kenly Farm windfarm could damage St Andrews&#8217; appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/old-course-hotel-warns-kenly-farm-windfarm-could-damage-st-andrews-appeal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The home of golf could lose its appeal if plans for a windfarm on the outskirts of St Andrews are given the go-ahead. That is the view of one of Scotland&#8217;s top hotels, which fears the proposal by St Andrews University could threaten the town&#8217;s growth as well as the wider Fife economy. The Old Course Hotel has lodged a formal objection to the planning application, warning the six 100m turbines would have &#8221;detrimental visual and economic impacts&#8221; on areas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Threat to birds sees Kintyre turbines plan rejected</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/threat-to-birds-sees-kintyre-turbines-plan-rejected/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for a windfarm on the Mull of Kintyre have been thrown out by the Scottish Government because the development might harm local populations of hen harriers. The Kilchattan windfarm would also have a “considerable” visual impact on the landscape, reporter Jill Moody said. The proposals were for 16 turbines – each reaching a height of 265ft – north of the village of Southend. The windfarm was being developed as a joint venture between Wind Prospect Developments and Ridgewind. They .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm presentations were not adequate</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/wind-farm-presentations-were-not-adequate/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We have been following with interest the letters in your newspaper written pro and con wind farms in the Borders, mostly against, for some time now. The right of reply is of course an important one. But we were disappointed to see the continuing misleading rhetoric of the wind industry in an article published on January 12 in your paper written by James Spencer-Nairn, Enertrag’s new project manager for the proposed Blackmains wind farm near Ayton, Cairncross and Reston by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fallago Rig wind farm development sold</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/fallago-rig-wind-farm-development-sold/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind farm development in the Borders which was the subject of a six-year opposition campaign has been sold before being brought into operation. North British Windpower has sold its interest in the Fallago Rig scheme to EDF for an undisclosed sum. Construction is currently under way on the 48-turbine Lammermuir Hills project, approved in November 2010. Opponents admitted defeat last year when a Court of Session ruling rejected their bid to force a judicial review. The Say No To .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine plans approved despite objection from MOD</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/wind-turbine-plans-approved-despite-objection-from-mod/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Full planning permission has been granted for the erection of a wind turbine at Monyruy, Longside despite concerns from the Ministry of Defence. Councillors at a Buchan Area Committee meeting approved plans for the 45.45m turbine at a Dairy Farm owned by farmer Colin Mair. The Ministry of Defence had raised concerns about the turbine, sighting the “cumulative” number of Buchan wind turbines that could interfere with RAF radar systems. But Councillors rejected concerns on the basis that it had .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind objectors meet to discuss tactics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners against a proposed wind farm development near Auchedly have held a meeting, in order to discuss how best to try and put forward their objections to the scheme. Over 70 objectors met last Thursday evening in the Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarves, in order to marshal their arguments against the plans, which would see four wind turbines nearly 90 metres tall erected at Douglashead Farm, near Tarves. In his introduction, meeting chairman Martin Sisely expressed his view that the scheme .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Premnay turbine project rejected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind turbine at Premnay that was subject to a site visit by members of the Garioch Area Committee, had planning permission refused on Tuesday (January 31). The application for a 20.6 metre mast by Mr D Wyllie, Brackla House, Premnay, mast generated 16 letters of representation from 13 households. They raised concerns including the impact on the amenity of the area, the impact on the historic environment, the lack of screening, and issues over noise, shadow flicker and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Call to halt turbines over MoD fears</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/call-to-halt-turbines-over-mod-fears/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Senior planners are calling for a moratorium on the development of wind turbines in rural Buchan because of Ministry of Defence concerns that renewable energy schemes are interfering with vital defence surveillance systems. Members of the Buchan area committee of Aberdeenshire Council are today expected to reject plans for three single turbine schemes because of the threat they could pose to operations at RAF Buchan. RAF Buchan, near Peterhead, ceased operations as a key part of Britain’s strategic defences eight .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Joy as reporter blows away appeal over wind turbine plan for Broadmeadows</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/joy-as-reporter-blows-away-appeal-over-wind-turbine-plan-for-broadmeadows/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There was jubilation this week after a Scottish Government reporter threw out the appeal from energy company Greenpower over the refusal to let it erect eight turbines in one of the most picturesque landscapes in the Borders. Greenpower has spent almost eight years trying to gain consent for the group of 112m-high turbines at Broadmeadows Farm in the heart of the Yarrow Valley. The company’s proposals for the Broadmeadows site, which lies close to the Southern Upland Way, were scaled .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MOD urges councillors to reject wind turbines plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/mod-urges-councillors-to-reject-wind-turbines-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is trying to block new plans for wind turbines in rural Buchan, it has emerged. Officials say an overabundance of masts in the north-east could cause serious problems for surveillance equipment at RAF Buchan, south of Peterhead. Councillors will be asked tomorrow to reject three applications for single-turbine developments after objections from the ministry amid concerns that the number of turbines in the area has reached “saturation point”. Defence bosses have objected to an application .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine plan threat to drivers, say protesters</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/turbine-plan-threat-to-drivers-say-protesters/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Opposition is growing to plans for a windfarm near Inverness amid claims that it could distract drivers on the main trunk road through the Highlands. A petition has been set up against West Coast Energy’s plans for 13 turbines on the hills above Daviot and the local community council is also preparing to lodge a formal objection. If given the go-ahead, the windfarm would be the closest yet to Inverness and turbines would operate just a few hundred yards from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>RES wants Forss wind turbine proposal reviewed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/res-wants-forss-wind-turbine-proposal-reviewed/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A renewable energy company has submitted an application for review to the Highland Council after it was denied approval to build five extra turbines at its wind farm in Caithness. RES has made the move after its application concerning its site at Forss was rejected by a planning officer using delegated decision-making powers in October. The planning officer stated the reasons for refusal were made on the grounds of landscape, visual impact and cultural heritage. Development project manager Graeme Kerr .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mull Hill windfarm fight putting strain on residents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/mull-hill-windfarm-fight-putting-strain-on-residents/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I refer to the concerns raised by many regarding the proposed nine turbine 22.5 megawatt wind farm at Connachan Hill/Mull Hill. It continues to put a great strain on residents in the area to yet again have to take action with another wind farm fight and it is time the planning systems were changed to stop Klondike-type wind farm operators seeking riches to the detriment of local residents and Scottish landscape. If the wind farm were to go ahead it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm fight blows on</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/windfarm-fight-blows-on/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners are putting the final touches to their case against a controversial Highland windfarm development. Druim Ba Sustainable Energy want to build 23 turbines near Kiltarlity, by Inverness. The masts, in woodland on the Blairmore Estate, will be up to 490ft and generate up 69MW of electricity – enough for 38,000 homes. The firm claims the development had the potential to bring £100million of investment to the Highlands – including £7.7million of community benefits – with 55 jobs. The Scottish .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Trump urges independent Scotland to defend coast</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/donald-trump-urges-independent-scotland-to-defend-coast/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has said an independent Scotland would need to protect its coastline after he failed to win support for his opposition to an “eyesore” offshore wind farm from a local planning authority. The US billionaire claims plans for the wind farm have forced him to put the development of a £750 million golf resort on hold. He has warned he will not spend “another penny” on his resort at Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire unless plans for the 11-turbine European .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine transport concern</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/turbine-transport-concern/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans to build a multi-million pound windfarm in the Stewartry have been criticised by Gelston residents. Community Windpower Ltd (CWL) met with concerned locals at Kelton Community Council on Monday. The company has lodged plans for a £22 million six-turbine wind farm at Mayfield, between Tongland, Kirkcudbright and Castle Douglas. But they include the option of moving equipment through Gelston. Rhonehouse is also being considered as a transport route. Lindsay Telfer, chairman of Kelton Community Council, said: “I think the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mountaineering members urged to stand up and be counted against windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/mountaineering-members-urged-to-stand-up-and-be-counted-against-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The head of Scotland’s mountaineering representative body appealed to its members to stand up and be counted in opposing a windfarm development. Brian Linington, president of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland appealed to the organisation’s 10,500 members to write and object to plans by a German company to build 22 turbines in a remote Highland area. WKN Windkraft Nord has submitted an application to build the windfarm near Loch Shin, the largest loch in Sutherland. But the MCofS said the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Trump wants windfarm public inquiry</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/trump-wants-windfarm-public-inquiry/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[US business tycoon Donald Trump has called for the Scottish Government to hold a public inquiry into the application for an offshore windfarm near the site of his £750 million luxury golf course. Work on the development in Menie, Aberdeenshire, has been put on hold until a decision is made on an offshore wind farm proposal near the site. The postponement was announced last week and the Trump Organisation said any future work, including the building of a hotel, would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm developers trim Devon Wood plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/wind-farm-developers-trim-devon-wood-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The developer of a proposed wind farm near Kennoway has reduced the size of its plan in a bid to try to win approval from Fife Council planning bosses. West Coast Energy had wanted to build seven turbines, each 121 metres high, at a site on Clatto Hill in Devon Wood but has now cut the number of turbines it’s proposing to five, and reduced the height of each to 115 metres. A statement from the North Wales-based company said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>£13m in secret payments to turn off Scottish wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/13m-in-secret-payments-to-turn-off-scottish-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Almost £13 million in secret compensation payments has been paid to Scottish wind farm operators to shut down over the past four months, a charity claimed yesterday. The Renewable Energy Foundation, which was set up by television game show host Noel Edmonds and is seen as being anti-wind farm, published the figures for what it says is a clandestine system of payments to owners of the giant turbines to prevent the over-supply of electricity. It called for energy regulator Ofgem .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New allies for Trump bid to block turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/new-allies-for-trump-bid-to-block-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Golf and tourism bosses announced last night that they are backing Donald Trump’s fight to block plans for a windfarm off the north-east coast. The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre is a £150million joint venture by utility company Vattenfall, engineering firm Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group. But the 11 turbines, which would be built between Balmedie and Blackdog in Aberdeenshire, would be visible from the Menie Estate, where Mr Trump has built his championship links. The American has already .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine would interfere with RAF radar</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/wind-turbine-would-interfere-with-raf-radar/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Full planning permission is being sought for the erection of a wind turbine (height 45.45m) at Monyruy, Longside. An application for the turbine, from Colin Mair, will go before members of the Buchan area committee when they meet in Peterhead later today (Tuesday). Members will hear that this is one of two applications for wind turbines on land at Monyruy Farm. The application initially proposed the erection of two 45.5 metre high wind turbines on farmland to the north of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Glenbarr wind farm plans to go on display</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/glenbarr-wind-farm-plans-to-go-on-display/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Proposals for a 26-turbine wind farm north-west of Glenbarr,Kintyre,will go on display next month. Last year Burcote Wind announced proposals for the Creggan Wind Farm in Argyll with a total installed capacity of 78 megawatts,which was met with a mixed reaction from the West Kintyre community. If approved,the wind farm could generate enough electricity to power 58,000 homes and would offset almost 118,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. The plans for the wind farm will be on display at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms paid £14m by National Grid for switching off turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/wind-farms-paid-14m-by-national-grid-for-switching-off-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scottish wind farm operators received more than £14 million in the past two years in return for switching off their turbines, it has been revealed. Since 2010, a system of “constraint payments” has been operated by the National Grid to compensate windfarms if they are taken off the grid when it cannot cope with high supply. A breakdown of the payments made to wind farms has been published by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), a charity that has been sceptical .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Double turbine plans blown off course</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/double-turbine-plans-blown-off-course/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An application for two 100m wind turbines on farmland between Kirkcudbright and Dundrennan was rejected by the council’s planning committee this week. Plans for the turbines, set for Galtway Hill on Milton Farm and sought by farmer Dick Picken, had received 35 letters of support and 13 objections. Extensive reports before the council told that the pair of matt off-white finish constructions would be visible from various beauty spots and popular tourist locations in the area, and Scottish Natural Heritage .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Broadmeadows wind farm plans rejected</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/broadmeadows-wind-farm-plans-rejected/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners have welcomed a decision to reject plans to build a wind farm at a beauty spot in the Borders. Renewable energy company GreenPower applied to Scottish Borders Council to build eight turbines at Broadmeadows Farm in the Yarrow Valley. However, they were unanimously rejected following concerns about the impact it would have on the local landscape. And the developers, who had argued that the scheme could meet the energy needs of about 12,000 homes and generate significant revenue for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Broadmeadows wind farm saga ends in reporter rejection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm plans first submitted eight years ago have been rejected by a reporter to the Scottish government. GreenPower wanted to build eight turbines at Broadmeadows Farm in the Yarrow Valley in the Borders. Scottish Borders Council had unanimously rejected the scheme last year over concerns about the impact it would have on the landscape. The developers appealed against that decision but it has now been confirmed by the reporter to Scottish ministers. When the proposals, for an area close .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillors debate wind turbine issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for three 88ft-high wind turbines at Bankhead Farm at Lumphanan were backed by councillors at Tuesday’s Marr Area Committee meeting. Aberdeenshire Council’s planning officials had already thrown their weight behind the plans, despite 40 letters of objection from members of the public. They raised concerns including that the turbines would spoil the local scenery and deter visitors from the area. A report to the committee said: “Small scale wind energy proposals are generally encouraged where they do not give .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MoD objection to turbine plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/mod-objection-to-turbine-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines sited at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will cause “unacceptable interference” to radar installations at RAF Leuchars, the Ministry of Defence has said. Although the air base is 27 miles from the Cobden Street factory, the MoD fears the 426-feet high turbines could create “false” aircraft returns which their air traffic controllers must treat as real. In the letter Margot Williams, assistant safeguarding officer with the defence infrastructure organisation, points out that turbines have had a detrimental effect on radar’s performance .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillors debate windfarm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Councillors will today (Thursday) discuss controversial plans for an offshore windfarm development opposed by US billionaire Donald Trump. Plans for the 11-turbine development off Aberdeen Bay were submitted to Marine Scotland last year triggering a furious response from the tycoon whose £750million golf resort is being constructed nearby. Mr Trump threatened last week to walk away from the project if the Scottish Government allows the 639ft turbines to be built between Balmedie and Blackdog. Today, members of Aberdeenshire’s infrastructure services .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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