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£250 off bills – is it compensation or contempt for rural Scotland?
I’m not sure what planet the UK Government is orbiting with its insulting offer of £250 off electricity bills for ten years in exchange for households hosting vast new transmission infrastructure. This is not compensation – it is contempt. Peanuts for the peasants. Communities across rural Scotland are at the end of their tether, facing multiple applications, public inquiries, appeals, and re‑applications from developers who simply refuse to take “no” for an answer. Do they really believe a 10 per cent . . . Complete story »
Literally wiped off the map: the insult of the Pollie Hill consultation
Like many other readers, we received an invitation to the public “consultation” for the proposed Pollie Hill Wind Farm. Setting aside the somewhat short notice of this important meeting, what struck me most was the map of the proposed development illustrated on the card. It is a map of the outline of this seemingly innocuous development, which appears to be set in the middle of a great green – and utterly empty – landscape. On this map only Kildonan, Brora, . . . Complete story »
Strath and Glens ‘overwhelmed’ by scale of planned energy proposals
Whilst the outline draft plans for Invercassley’s 20-turbine wind farm have been known for some time, Fred Olsen, the developer, now proposes to press ahead with them (The Northern Times, August 14.), the site put forward being just north of Rosehall village on Balnagowan estate land owned by the Al Fayed family. Rosehall already has its fair share of turbines with the 38 between the Rosehall and Achany wind farms. When Fred Olsen put on its public displays in Rosehall . . . Complete story »
A response to “Avoiding a new nature crisis”
Lis Ashby’s polite interpretation of the clash between Victoria’s renewable energy expansion and the protection of the State’s biodiversity avoids addressing a darker side of the Victorian Government’s behaviour over this issue. I conclude that the actions of the State Government and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) in relation to the conflict between wind farm expansion in western Victoria and protection of the Brolga – the southern populations of which are endangered in Victoria,1,2 – show . . . Complete story »
Do people realise impact of planned Hope Moor Wind Farm?
I wonder if people realise just how invasive the planned Hope Moor Wind Farm will be – Fred Olsen Renewables want to erect 23 wind turbines up to 200 metres high (taller than Blackpool Tower) approximately 6.8 miles from Richmond and 5.6 from Barnard Castle. It would be the biggest wind farm in England. The government has, supposedly, boosted the protection for peat moorlands – this sort of area will be part of the Hope Moor Wind Farm. Healthy peatlands . . . Complete story »
Energy giants treat Highlands like sacrificial zones for shareholder dividends
Sir, – I am a very concerned constituent and resident of the Highlands of Scotland. This area is no longer a natural sanctuary, it is being auclioned off as an industrial wasteland. From Kyle of Sutherland to the furthest glens, the message from all the energy giants is the same – corporate profit before people. The number of new turbine developments we are facing is staggering, with heights reaching 230 to 250 metres. These are taller than any building we . . . Complete story »
A lesson in density
‘Net Zero’ politicians and the BBC’s increasingly demented Justin Rowlatt – ‘renewables overtake coal’ – boasting about our ‘world-leading renewable generation’ display breathtaking ignorance. With our National Grid teetering on the verge of blackouts, here’s a startling fact for the gullible – wind turbines do not produce any energy at all, full stop. Stand one in a giant hangar and see what happens, or doesn’t. Place a solar farm in a dark hangar and see what happens, or doesn’t. The . . . Complete story »
Wind farms vs environmental sustainability
Mandy Nolan dismisses opponents of wind farms as having ‘a Trumpian worldview’ [Echo, October 8]. While many of us are deeply concerned about climate change, equally there is growing consternation at the destruction of pristine wildlife habitat, untouched bushland and prime agricultural land in the name of renewables. Even Bob Brown, a longtime champion of the preservation of the planet, has expressed his concern that many renewables projects carry huge environmental consequences. Long-term environmental sustainability means considering the local impacts, . . . Complete story »
Decommissioning wind turbines is costly proposition
Our financially strapped towns and land leasers must not expect debt-ridden NYS [or anyone] to bail them out for insufficient decommissioning funds for end-of-life wind and solar projects. Reported decommissioning costs are highly speculative, poorly understood and depend on the project’s design, location, the specific time of decommissioning and variations in disposal and recycling methods. Published in August 2025, the report titled “Assessment of Decommissioning Costs and Financing Models for Onshore Wind Turbines” by researchers from the Finnish Environment Institute . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines could cause fire dangers
Just curious if the residents of Whitman County are aware that the current Wind Ordinance has absolutely no requirements concerning fire prevention? That makes perfect sense, since I was personally told by a Steelhead Americas Executive, that one of the reasons Harvest Hills came here was because the Wind Ordinance was favorable to them. Meanwhile we’re told by the County Planner this year in a public meeting that our current Wind Ordinance is just fine. Just for starters, the Wind . . . Complete story »
