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		<title>Villagers turn down proposal for community-owned wind turbine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Controversial plans for a community-owned wind turbine to help power Denholm and Ancrum are dead in the water. Around 80 locals packed into Denholm Village Hall last Thursday night to give the scheme – which was offered to the villages by local farmer Jim Shanks, whose original proposal for a 74m high turbine was thrown out by councillors last month – a resounding thumbs down. A two-hour presentation from Community Energy Scotland area development officer Andy Maybury failed to convince&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Landowner’s Penicuik wind farm is blown off course</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It has been a turbulent feud over wind turbines, which has set the scion of one of Scotland’s most distinguished landowning families against the owner of a neighbouring country estate, the Edinburgh financier Peter de Vink. Last night, it was Mr de Vink who was celebrating after winning a crucial victory in his bitter battle against plans for a wind farm that have been proposed on land owned by Sir Robert Clerk of Penicuik. It emerged yesterday that the planning&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anger at Glencassley and Sallachy windfarms plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mountaineers opposed to two wind farms planned near a Highland beauty spot claim they would “blemish” part of the nation’s most important wild countryside. Two separate applications for Glencassley and Sallachy, near Loch Shin and Ben Assynt, totalling 48 turbines at least 125 metres tall are to be debated by councillors next week. But the Mountaineering Council of Scotland has been left shocked that planning officials have recommended no objection be raised to the plans. Chief officer David Gibson said&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Work starts at Lammermuir Hills wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Work is to start on a wind farm which attracted the wrath of naturalist David Bellamy. Fallago Rig will run 48 turbines over the Lammermuir Hills in the Borders and is being masterminded by EDF Renewables. Bellamy took part in a protest march in 2010, with campaigners saying it would destroy the last &#8220;unspoiled section&#8221; of the landscape. EDF Renewables said it was proud to deliver the project, which has capacity to power the equivalent of 90,000 homes. Christian Egal,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Trump begins wind farm legal challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump today launched his legal challenge against the Scottish Government’s decision to give the go-ahead to the controversial offshore wind farm he claims forced him to pull the plug on future investment in his luxury Scottish golf resort. Lawyers acting for the Trump Organisation and Trump International Golf Links Scotland lodged a petition at the Court of Session in Edinburgh this afternoon at the start of what is expected to be a lengthy legal dispute over the European Offshore&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer holiday makers in Carrick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Fewer and fewer people are coming to holiday cottages in the beautiful Stinchar Valley. And a main factor is the spread of wind turbines in South Carrick. That’s what a rural resident told a South Ayrshire Council planning committee. William Hair said: “Bookings are few and far between for holiday cottages – a marked contrast with years past.” Mr Hair is one of 17 objectors to a solo turbine going up at Little Pinmore Farm. It would be 60 metres&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm is blown away</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans to erect four large wind turbines have been torn up after the developer concluded that the site near Hutton in the Merse Valley is unsuitable. Airvolution Energy has announced that it will not be proceeding with plans to develop the 126.5m turbines at Crossrig, 3km southwest of Hutton. The news has been greeted with relief by the Lamberton and Mordington Action Group. Airvolution expressed interest in the Crossrig site in November 2012, prompting concern across the Merse Valley that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council recommends that plans for Ascog turbines are refused</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planners at Argyll and Bute Council have recommended that the council rejects the application for three wind turbines to be erected at Ascog Farm. The application, submitted by Adrian Tear, is for three wind turbines, measuring 74m to blade-tip, was published in The Buteman in early November of last year and has generated a great deal of debate both in the pages of the paper and online. Argyll and Bute Council’s planners have recommended the application be rejected, primarily on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Grid pays £6m to turn off wind farm turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/16/grid-pays-6m-to-turn-off-wind-farm-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm operators in Scotland have been paid nearly £6 million over the past 33 days not to generate electricity, more than was paid out for the whole of last year. Campaigners claim there has never been a longer period of consecutive payments and are continuing to call for the energy regulator to investigate. The industry has hit back, highlighting comparable payments made to power stations, but both sides agree the problem is a transmission system unfit to export enough&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lairds criticised for pocketing wind farm subsidies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The leader of the Scottish ­Government review of landownership yesterday pledged to examine ways of redistributing the cash wealthy lairds make from wind farms to benefit the less-advantaged. Alison Elliot, chair of the Land Reform Review Group (LRRG), said the issue would be investigated amid concerns that aristo­crats are benefiting from the renewables revolution while the poor grapple with fuel ­poverty. Dr Elliot, a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, said: “We have got to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Westminster report states island windfarms &#8216;unlikely to be economic&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[High transmission charges could render the Viking Energy windfarm project uneconomic, according to a UK government report. The document published by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change considered the evidence for developing renewable projects including onshore wind, wave and tidal, in the island groups. And while it said renewables projects could create thousands of jobs in the isles it stated: “Under current policy it is unlikely to be economic to develop further onshore wind projects on the islands&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Battling calls to tear down mast</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/16/battling-calls-to-tear-down-mast/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A green energy firm is fighting calls to tear down its controversial wind measuring mast on the edge of Banff. The company, Northumberland-based E-Gen, has been ordered by Aberdeenshire Council to remove its 165ft structure at Cowie Hill, Alvah. The mast, which is expected to pave the way for a larger windfarm development, was installed at the beginning of 2012. Earlier this year, local councillors rejected EGen’s bid to extend the life of the anemometer mast by an extra two&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SNP&#8217;S green energy &#8216;too expensive to sell abroad&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/16/snps-green-energy-too-expensive-to-sell-abroad/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Alex Salmond’s plan to export electricity generated by wind farms is destined to fail because other countries can provide cheaper energy, an expert has warned. The First Minister has overseen a relentless march of wind farms across the countryside and believes Scotland will be able to sell ‘green’ energy. But Professor Jack Ponton, a former vice-president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, has warned that electricity produced by turbines is ‘expensive’ and ‘uncontrollable’. He said that France has cheaper nuclear&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Locals hail refusal of Govals Farm windfarm plan</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/locals-hail-refusal-of-govals-farm-windfarm-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Angus residents turned out in force to welcome planning refusal for a six-turbine windfarm. Refusal of the 4.8MW proposal for land at Govals Farm, near Forfar and the A90, was backed by councillors on Tuesday in front of a full house on the public benches. Farmer David Cooper and consultants Green Cat Renewables planned a development north-west of the Kincaldrum farm, between 1km and 2.7km west of the dual carriageway. However, a meeting of the development standards committee took an&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm &#8216;could have impact on Highland Fault&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Council planners are recommending that controversial plans for a nine turbine wind farm in Perthshire should be refused &#8211; because of its impact on the Highland Fault, the distinctive geographical feature which marks the divide the Highland and Lowlands of Scotland. Force 9 Energy and local landowner, the Abercairny Estate, have lodged a joint application to develop the 22.5 megawatt wind farm on 855 hectares of heather moorland at Mull Hill, two and half miles North east of Crieff. The&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noise consultant defends rejection of turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The public hearing into Angus Council’s decision to refuse permission for two wind turbines at GlaxoSmithKline’s plant in Montrose continued yesterday. The council’s noise consultant Dick Bowdler defended his recommendation that Angus Council refuse the application to Scottish Government reporter Malcolm Mahony at the appeal hearing. He claimed GSK had not provided enough data on backg round noise in Ferryden for the turbines to meet ETSUR-97, the guidelines the Scottish Government use in assessing turbine noise, which asks for data&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>VisitScotland say turbines have not damaged tourism &#8211; yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scotland’s lead tourism agency insisted yesterday that the proliferation of major windfarms across the country had not damaged the sector – but added there was no guarantee of that continuing in the future. VisitScotland director Riddell Graham told Highland councillors, meeting in Inverness, that the Scottish Government agency was “closely monitoring” the situation. Addressing the region’s planning committee amid growing concern about the cumulative effect of giant turbines being built in iconic areas of Scotland, he said: “From our own&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland&#8217;s wild beauty being &#8216;lost to turbines&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Man-made structures can now be seen from at least 70 per cent of Scotland, with a recent five per cent increase in the area affected by development being blamed on the spread of wind turbines. An official report from Scottish Natural Heritage, the environment agency, found that the figure had risen from 65 per cent in 2008 to 70 per cent by 2010. However, according to anti-wind farm campaigners, the situation may now be much worse, with one suggesting that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Revised Spittal Hill turbine venture sparks fresh row</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[New battle-lines are being drawn over scaled-down plans to operate a commercial wind farm at Spittal Hill, 15 kilometres south of Thurso. Objectors yesterday pledged to fight the new £30 million proposal in which the number of turbines has been cut from 30 to eight. Caithness Windfarm Information Forum spokesman Stuart Young insists the development will still be a blight on the landscape and ruin the lives of nearby residents. Spittal Hill Wind Farm Ltd, spearheaded by Caithness farmer Tom&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noise expert claims council was wrong to block Montrose turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A noise expert claimed that Angus Council made the wrong decision when it refused pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) permission to build two wind turbines at its factory in Montrose. Louise Beamish, an associate consultant at WSP Acoustics, told a public hearing that the turbines, which would measure more than 100m in height, would meet noise guidelines. The council denied GSK’s planning application for the controversial proposal on the grounds of noise and visual impact in August. GSK subsequently appealed the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bheinn Mhor windfarm proposal raises objections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Anti-windfarm objectors have condemned plans by a renewables firm to build a windfarm next to an iconic Highland beauty spot. German-owned wpd Scotland is seeking permission for seven giant turbines – each reaching 405ft – just over one mile from Glen Affric. Protestors claim the Bheinn Mhor proposal would create an ‘industrial gateway’ at the tourism hotspot, which is a designated national nature reserve and includes part of the ancient Caledonian pine forest. Richard Crawford, leader of the anti-windfarm Alliance&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine developer expecting opposition from Ministry of Defence to Bullington wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Defence chiefs could object to a major wind farm in the Hampshire countryside over fears of radar interference. EDF Energy Renewables plans to build 14 126-metre masts on farmland at Bullington Cross, north of Winchester. But wind turbines, whose spinning blades are about the same size as a passenger jet wing, disrupt radar systems. Radar operators find it hard to distinguish between low-flying aircraft and wind turbines, causing confusion for civil and military air traffic controllers. Bullington Cross is “an&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of the wind farms helps to blight 70pc of our finest views</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The number of wild places where scenic views have been blighted by wind farms has almost doubled in two years, figures show. Statistics compiled by the Scottish Government’s own nature watchdog highlight the relentless march of turbines across the country. In 2010, wind developments were visible from 35.6 per cent of the country, compared with only 19.9 per cent in 2008, according to Scottish Natural Heritage. The agency’s researchers also found that 70 per cent of all Scotland’s views in&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines condemned as &#8216;industrial gateway&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans by a German company to build a windfarm at the entrance to one of the most scenic areas of Inverness-shire were met with anger yesterday. Objectors claim seven giant turbines near the world-famous Highland tourism hotspot of Glen Affric would create an “industrial gateway” to the picturesque area that includes large chunks of the ancient Caledonian pine forest. German-owned wpd Scotland wants to instal 405ft-high turbines 1.2 miles from Glen Affric, a designated national nature reserve renowned for its&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposals announced for £30m wind farm development in Caithness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Revised proposals have been announced for a £30m wind farm development in Caithness. The project at Spittal Hill, just over 2km north east of the village of Spittal, now comprises of up to eight turbines, which is significantly less than the previous larger scheme of 30-turbines which had a total installed capacity of 75MW. It is anticipated that Spittal Hill Wind Farm could provide a considerable boost to the local economy with local firms participating in the construction of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly 40 more turbines proposed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Three new wind farms are being planned for different sites in Galloway. The trio of proposals would see a total of 38 new turbines, all more than 100 metres in height, being erected near Shennanton, Portpatrick and Carsphairn. PNE Wind UK, the renewable energy company planning to create an 11-turbine wind farm at Shennanton, between Newton Stewart and Kirkcowan, held two consultation days with local communities this week. The proposals were put on display in the McMillan Hall in Newton&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hopes for rejection of Angus windfarm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/hopes-for-rejection-of-angus-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Planners have recommended a thumbs down for yet another Angus windfarm. A six-turbine, 4.8MW proposal for a site close to the main Dundee-Aberdeen dual carriageway will go before councillors on Tuesday, but officials say that the scheme’s green energy contribution would be outweighted by unacceptable environmental and cumulative impacts. The six turbines and associated infrastructure are planned for land north-west of Govals Farm, Kincaldrum, near Forfar, between one and 2.7 kilometres west of the main A90. The site also includes&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Trump to launch legal campaign against Salmond</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/trump-to-launch-legal-campaign-against-salmond/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Property tycoon Donald Trump yesterday vowed to take Alex Salmond “to hell” as he prepared to launch a legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s support for an offshore wind farm. Legal representatives for Trump International Golf Links Scotland will file for a judicial review at the Court of Session in Edinburgh this week over the government’s backing for a “monstrous” offshore wind farm near the American magnate’s luxury golf course in Aberdeenshire. Mr Trump pulled the plug on any future&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm targets may be hit by no-go zones</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/wind-farm-targets-may-be-hit-by-no-go-zones/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Alex Salmond will struggle to fulfil his ambitious renewable targets as a result of Scottish Government proposals to increase wind farm-free zones around towns, a leading energy expert has claimed. David Toke, an Aberdeen University academic studying energy policy, has questioned a new plan to increase the “separation distance” between cities and towns and wind farms from two kilometres to 2.5 kilometres. The suggestion has been made in the Government’s recently published Scottish Planning Policy consultation. Toke claimed the measure,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fury after giant wind farm plan is passed by only four councillors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind farm has won planning permission at a meeting attended by only four councillors. The proposal had been rejected by the full council but was later approved during the summer holidays, when most councillors were away. One councillor who voted for the scheme already had a wind farm on his land, leading to claims of a ‘conflict of interest’. The developer’s request was granted with the minimum possible number of councillors present. Permission was granted for 15 turbines of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sell-off fears over Aberdeen turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/12/sell-off-fears-over-aberdeen-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 09:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The troubled firm at the centre of controversial plans for a huge offshore windfarm near Aberdeen has put its shares in the project up for sale. Swedish company Vattenfall, which has a majority 75% stake in the 11-turbine test centre, announced it was scaling back its investment just a day after initial drilling work began. Backers of the £230million European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) insisted last night the news was a positive step and it had always been intended&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Calls to halt work on energy power line while birds nest</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/11/calls-to-halt-work-on-energy-power-line-while-birds-nest/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A leading naturalist has warned of a &#8220;cavalier attitude to wildlife&#8221; during construction of a controversial power line. Sir John Lister-Kaye is concerned about work being carried out on the Beauly-to-Denny power line, which he believes is disturbing nesting birds and other creatures. He claims helicopters delivering overhead wires to the job, which is being carried out by SSE, will be disruptive. However, another bird expert said the low-flying helicopters would be far enough away from the nesting ospreys that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vatenfall looking to sell stake in Trump wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/vatenfall-looking-to-sell-stake-in-trump-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Fresh doubts were raised today about the future of the controversial offshore wind farm being opposed by Donald Trump. Speculation about the fate of the contentious project intensified after Swedish company Vattenfall &#8211; Europe’s sixth-largest generator of electricity &#8211; announced plans to put its 75 per cent stake in the venture up for sale. The shock announcement came only a day after test drilling investigations to pave the way for the construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC)&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillor fears that SNH map is a step &#8216;too far&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/councillor-fears-that-snh-map-is-a-step-too-far/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A plan to make more of Scotland’s wilderness off-limits to wind farms has proved unpopular with a Highland councillor. Inverness member Thomas Prag said a new map potentially setting out no-go areas would shunt green energy schemes closer to people’s doorsteps. The Scottish Natural Heritage map, drawn up for the Scottish government, identifies 43 areas of total wilderness — equating to about 20 per cent of Scotland’s land mass. It includes swathes of the Monadhliaths Mountains. SNH said its new&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial East Neuk turbines given the go-ahead</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/controversial-east-neuk-turbines-given-the-go-ahead/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Fears that the erection of three 67-metre wind turbines in the East Neuk could cause turbulence which impacts on the safety of pilots using a nearby airfield have been dismissed “beyond reasonable doubt”, with the proposals being narrowly approved by councillors. Concerns had been raised by campaigners regarding the potential impact of the turbines proposed for countryside at Bonerbo, Balmonth and Drumrack farms and their proximity to Kingsmuir Airfield. This followed a recent ruling by a Scottish Government reporter, who&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Princess Anne: Why I so hate the sight of wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/princess-anne-why-i-so-hate-the-sight-of-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 08:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Princess Royal has attacked plans to build a giant offshore wind farm next to one of her favourite lighthouses. Princess Anne spoke out against proposals for up to 300 turbines close to Skerryvore Lighthouse, off the coast of Tiree. As patron of the Northern Lighthouse Board, she believes the view of the 170-year-old lighthouse – the tallest in the UK – should be preserved. It is the first time the princess has spoken in public about wind turbines, which&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No such thing as an ill wind for wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/no-such-thing-as-an-ill-wind-for-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In the past ten days Fallago wind farm operators have been paid over £600,000 to shut down turbines and reduce the energy they produce. The ‘constraint payments’ are paid by the National Grid when energy supply is greater than demand and both Fallago Rig and Crystal Rig II wind farms in the Lammermuirs have benefited from such payments to the tune of £1 million in the past ten days &#8211; Fallago Rig £626,393 and Crystal Rig £392,614. Their most profitable,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to windfarm benefit payments on the cards</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/changes-to-windfarm-benefit-payments-on-the-cards/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Changes to the way windfarm cash is distributed are set to be brought in next week. And a much wider distribution of a potential £10 million yearly income appears to be on the cards. The benefits of a region-wide socio economic fund will be spelled out to the planning, housing and environment services committee. And one of four options on the table would see all the cash ploughed into the single fund although it comes with a “difficult to implement”&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Scotland&#8217;s wild and scenic landscapes</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/protecting-scotlands-wild-and-scenic-landscapes/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farms could be barred from Scotland’s national parks and designated scenic areas &#8211; but this could result in more wind farm developers looking Berwickshire’s way. Scottish Natural Heritage has drawn up maps to be used in Scottish Planning Policy to protect the 31 per cent of the country covered by wild and scenic landscapes from development such as wind farms, but the maps leave little protection in the Scottish Borders. Scottish Ministers also propose extending the separation distance between&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Glenkens turbines to reach 130m in height</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/glenkens-turbines-to-reach-130m-in-height/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Renewable energy company E.ON have increased the proposed height of turbines for a wind farm near Carsphairn. Quantans Hill Wind Farm could feature up to 19 turbines with a height of 130m if the plans for the farm are approved. E.ON claim the farm could power around 29,000 homes and also say on their website: “We chose the site as our initial studies have shown that the area’s wind resources, road access and connections to the national electricity network are&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewables plans violate convention, claim protesters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Anti-turbine protesters from Scotland last night joined a European-wide action challenging the development of wind farms across 24 countries. In a case brought at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, EPAW (the European Platform Against Windfarms) argues that the extension of the EC’s renewable energy programme violates the Aarhus Convention. The international association, representing 596 groups across the continent, insist that the convention, adopted by the European Union in 2005, has been ignored. Whenever a wind farm is proposed,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New planning proposals may ban turbines from national park</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/new-planning-proposals-may-ban-turbines-from-national-park/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[New planning regulations look set to strengthen efforts to keep wind turbines out of Scotland’s first national park. Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority has consistently discouraged windfarms within its boundaries. It has also often actively objected to planning applications submitted to surrounding planning authorities where it considers the proposed turbines could blight the views from within the park. Planning Minister Derek Mackay announced the third National Planning Framework (NPF3) and draft Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) earlier this week.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Facts take the wind out of turbine lobby</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/facts-take-the-wind-out-of-turbine-lobby/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Significant flaws undermine the defence of wind ­turbines made by Joss Blamire, policy director of Scottish Renewables (Letters, 8 May). First, recent research suggests net reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, for turbines on peatlands (most of them in Scotland) have been over­estimated. In addition, calculations of CO2 savings are normally made under the most favourable assumptions, namely current or legacy generation. When compared with the new generation of combined-cycle gas turbines, savings are significantly lower. Thirdly, it is not&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarms paid £1mn to shut down</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/windfarms-paid-1mn-to-shut-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scottish windfarms have been paid more than £1 million in compensation for having to shut down their turbines when demand is limited or strong winds would lead to power surges. We spoke to Lyndsey Ward an anti-wind farm campaigner.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine work starts as court fight looms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/turbine-work-starts-as-court-fight-looms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Drilling work for a controversial £230million wind energy development off the Aberdeen coast starts today. Backers of the scheme described the seabed exploration as an “exciting step” in the process of establishing an 11-turbine testing facility. The Scottish Government approved plans for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in March. However, US property developer Donald Trump, who is building a £750million golf resort at nearby Menie Estate, has pledged to fight the decision in the courts. The Trump Organisation’s&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm plans scaled down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for a £130 million windfarm in the Glenkens have been scaled down. Burcote Wind had wanted to build 36 turbines at Longburn, between Carsphairn and Moniaive. But, after speaking to people in the community, the Fife developers are now only proposing 20 135m tall turbines. The new proposals for the 72-megawatt development will go on display in Carsphairn and Dalry later this month. Burcote chairman Graham Brown said: “We held our first set of public exhibitions in October when&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Changes afoot to windfarm community cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 07:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Changes to the way windfarm cash is distributed are set to be brought in next week. And a much wider distribution of a potential £10 million yearly income appears to be on the cards. The benefits of a region wide socio-economic fund will be spelled out to the planning, housing and environment services committee. And one of four options on the table would see all the cash ploughed into the single fund although it comes with a “difficult to implement”&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigners fear open season on wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/08/campaigners-fear-open-season-on-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Campaigners behind a heavily supported petition on wind turbines have accused the Scottish Government of failing to protect the area in new guidelines. New national planning framework proposals outline 43 areas across Scotland that should be shielded from wind turbine developments, with nowhere in Aberdeenshire or Moray included. Paul Scrivin and Jim Bayne, who were part of a delegation which presented the petition with 1,740 signatures to Aberdeenshire Council calling for a minimum distance to be defined between a turbine&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm protests continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Forfar-based windfarm protest group has reached a milestone as 100 people have pledged to support its cause. Stop Turbines at Lunanhead (STAL) is protesting against the St Mary’s Well windfarm &#8211; a site only 200 yards away from another windfarm application on Finavon Hill which was opposed by Angus Council planners and recently rejected by a Reporter on behalf of the Scottish Government. Susan Oliphant, chairwoman of STAL, said that it “beggars belief” that the joint applicants Element Power&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Shetland&#8217;s second wind farm gets green light</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Shetland&#8217;s second wind farm should be operating within two years after the North Yell Development Council was granted a grid connection for their five turbine project near Cullivoe. The news emerged as Scottish and Southern Energy chief executive Ian Marchant breezed through Shetland on his farewell tour of Scotland as he prepares to leave his post after 11 years. It has been a decade since the NYDC started working on their plans to use renewables to generate an income for&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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