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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.


January 7, 2024 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

Safety fears after two Scots wind turbines broke apart during Storm Gerrit

An energy firm is being asked to investigate the safety of all its wind turbines after two broke apart during a storm. The Sunday Mail told last week how one in Ayrshire spun out of control during Storm Gerrit, causing the 34-metre blades to fly through the air. But around the same time, a turbine in Fife, also owned by Surrey-based Constantine Wind Energy, was destroyed in bad weather. Colin Morrison, from Crail, who spotted the debris on farmland close . . . Complete story »


January 5, 2024 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

Faw Side wind farm near Langholm rejected owing to “significant” landscape and visual impact

A wind farm situated at what has been described as a “gateway to Scotland” has been refused. Community Windpower wanted to build 45 turbines along the A7 corridor between Langholm and Teviothead in Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders. The final decision on the Faw Side project lay with the Scottish government following a public inquiry. It has now ruled the scheme should not go ahead due to its “significant” landscape and visual impact. There were also concerns about the . . . Complete story »


December 31, 2023 • Scotland, , , Print storyE-mail story

Giant turbine blades scattered by storms leads to safety calls from locals

The giant blades of a 34-metre wind turbine broke off and flew through the air during Storm Gerritt. Dramatic footage of the incident also revealed large parts of the fibreglass structure were left embedded in the ground due to the force of winds during Storm Gerrit in Galston, Ayrshire. The damage was caused a few miles from a residential area and has led to calls for a stricter safety crackdown on turbines close to homes and businesses. A resident rang . . . Complete story »


December 29, 2023 • Scotland, , Print storyE-mail story

Wind turbine spins out of control and flies apart

Storm Gerrit brought winds of up to 85mph on Wednesday. In such conditions, wind turbines feather their blades and brake the rotor. The brakes seem to have failed in a turbine at Newhouse Farm, Auchencloigh, in Ayrshire, which spun out of control until the blades broke and flew off. The dramatic event was captured on video, as posted on Facebook: The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service had received report of a fire before the turbine broke apart. The wind turbine . . . Complete story »


December 26, 2023 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

‘Local’ wind farms owned by firms based abroad

Some of Scotland’s biggest ‘local’ wind farms are owned as far afield as the Cayman Islands and Canada, The Ferret can reveal, prompting claims the Scottish Government is “misleading” the public over its community energy targets. The Scottish Government has a target to bring much more “community or locally owned” renewable energy online by 2030. But its definition of local energy includes projects owned by farms, estates, and businesses, and the majority of projects installed so far are privately owned . . . Complete story »


December 19, 2023 • ScotlandPrint storyE-mail story

Furious locals hit out at plans to build wind turbine twice the size of the Statue of Liberty at Scots beauty spot

Fuming locals have hit out at plans to build the UK’s highest wind farm at a popular beauty spot. Plans have been lodged for 16 turbines to be built on top of Hill of Fare on the Dunecht Estate in picturesque Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire. The turbines would be developed by Renewable energy firm RES. Campaigners say the mammoth machines are set to be 200m tall – twice the height of the Statue of Liberty – and bigger than the Kelpies . . . Complete story »


December 18, 2023 • ScotlandPrint storyE-mail story

Hill of Fare wind farm opponents launch Nae Fare campaign

A community group fighting plans for the UK’s tallest wind farm on Royal Deeside has launched a new campaign, Nae Fare, to help its cause. The 16-turbine development is proposed for Hill of Fare near Banchory. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of people who took part in a public consultation last year were either against the project or undecided. Developer RES subsequently changed its plans – scaling the proposed development back from 17 towering turbines up to 820ft tall to 16 machines . . . Complete story »


December 9, 2023 • ScotlandPrint storyE-mail story

Go-ahead given for Cloiche wind farm in Monadhliaths

The go-ahead has been given to a wind farm in the Monadhliaths which will create one of the largest swathes of turbines in Scotland. Leading Scottish renewable energy developer and operator, SSE Renewables, has welcomed the decision by Scottish Ministers to grant Section 36 planning consent for the Cloiche development. Cloiche wind farm will be located on the Glendoe and Garrogie Estates, next to the already operational 66 turbines at Stronelairg wind farm and Glendoe hydroelectric scheme. A separate application . . . Complete story »


December 6, 2023 • Letters, ScotlandPrint storyE-mail story

Germans have a word for this folly

Sir, – The recent period of cold, windless weather, known as a “dunkelflaute” (a German word referring to a period of winter weather with low light and little to no wind), should serve as lesson to energy policy makers. Temperatures plummeted right across the UK and the thousands of onshore and offshore turbines struggled to meet 2% of demand. These dunkelflautes are not uncommon during the winter months and as it gets colder and wind fails we are forced to . . . Complete story »


November 15, 2023 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

Wind farm objector rages over forged document – ‘Isn’t it a criminal offence?’

A key name in the objections against Watten Wind Farm says she has had a fake document sent in under her name to remove her objection to the plan. Robianne (Bib) Harrold has property adjacent to the area where EDF Renewables intends to erect seven 220m high turbines – the tallest in the UK – and has been very vocal about her objection to the plan, having sent in an official objection to the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) and to . . . Complete story »


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