Wind farm plan to go to hearing
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
A hearing is to be held into plans to construct a 20-turbine wind farm near Muir of Ord in Ross-shire.
The proposal by Scottish and Southern Energy has attracted 255 letters of support and 111 against.
Highland Council officials have recommended giving it the go-ahead. Ross, Skye and Lochaber committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday in Dingwall.
The site in Fairburn Estate provides habitat for rare birds such as hen harrier, red kite and golden plover.
Scottish Natural Heritage is opposing the plans on landscape grounds, but said this could be resolved with the removal of four turbines.
The proposed location covering about 1,235 acres on the slopes of Beinn an Rubha Riabhaidh is not one of the local authority’s preferred sites for a major wind farm development.
5 December 2007
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Funding |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=9087 ]
