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Look at the maps on our Windfarm Sites page If
you care about preserving this beautiful area from the onward march of
turbines, Caithness Needs You ! (poster to print)
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Breaking
News •
Caithness/Sutherland
News •
Other News
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Living with turbines - the reality (The Lance - 13 Jul 10)
This
is what a community in the south has suffered Britain
faces years of blackouts (Daily Mail - 19
Jul 10) Full report of the Energy & Climate Change Debate (Parliament - 27 Jul 10)
Windfarm
News - Scotland
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From one of our members: Recent Decisions:
Work starts at Gordonbush (Northern Times - 22 Jul 10) Highland
wide community benefit fund "a disgrace" (Northern Times
- 24 Jun 10) Councillors recommend refusal of Spittal Hill windfarm (Caithness Courier - 23 Jun 10) Spittal windfarm will affect Wick airport (BBC News -16 Jun 10) Local MP calls for moratorium on windfarms (Caithness Courier - 9 Jun 10) Fury over Wathegar (Caithness Courier - 9 Jun 10) NB download as not online Protest over Wathegar
approval (Press & Journal - 5 Jun 10) Community Council's contempt
for constituents (John O'Groat Journal - 28 May 10) Planning Rules carry no weight (Caithness Courier - 19 May 10) CWIF challenges Dunbeath decision (John O'Groat Journal - 23 Apr 10) Windfarm developers have carte blanche (Caithness Courier - 14 Apr 10) The great lie (Press & Journal - 26 Mar 10) Councillors banned from windfarm debates (Press & Journal - 22 Mar 10) Lack
of wind means turbines
produce little energy (Press & Journal - 6 Mar 10) Dunbeath Moors Doomed (Caithness Courier - 24 Feb 10)
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Chris Huhne believes windpower is the answer (Daily Telegraph - 24 Jul 10) Scottish Govt. take note - Welsh Govt. sets rules (County Times - 23 Jul 10) MEP attacks Dava Moor proposals (Strathspey & Badenoch Herald - 21 Jul 10) Challenge to Dunmaglass decision (Inverness Courier - 20 Jul 10) Britain
faces years of blackouts (Daily Mail - 19
Jul 10) Children told they will grow up without seeing bats (The Times Leader - 19 Jul 10) Wind turbine blown over by wind (Dorset Echo - 16 Jul 10) Breathtaking hypocrisy of windfarm industry (This is Cornwall - 14 Jul 10) Developer disputes Government figures (Northern Echo - 14 Jul 10) Call to halt offshore windfarms (National Wind Watch - 12 Jul 10) Bird and bat deaths double standards (Calgary Herald - 10 Jul 10) Comment on Environmental Assessments (The News - 9 Jul 10) Lack of wind and rain means power cuts to come (Scotsman - 4 Jul 10) School turbine switched off due to seabird slaughter (Telegraph - 4 Jul 10) Windfarm planning process to be speeded up (Scotsman - 1 Jul 10) Fairburn windfarm probably killed rare Red Kite (Press & Journal - 25 Jun 10) Financial incentives destroying Scotland's wild scenery (The Herald - 23 Jun 10) British landscapes under threat (Telegraph - 21 Jun 10) Windfarm rhetoric a lot of hot air (This is Dorset - 21 Jun 10) Windfarm companies paid not to produce electricity (Telegraph - 19 Jun 10) Couple challenge windfarm in High Court (Westmoreland Gazette - 18 Jun 10) Scottish Govt. says don't query "carbon benefits of windfarms" (Scotsman - 12 Jun 10) Deputy Prime Minister - conflict
of interest? MSP says Scottish planning system for windfarms is a mess (Press & Journal - 10 Jun 10) Proposal to build windfarm on peat (Press & Journal - 10 Jun 10) Olympic turbine scrapped see also Comments (Times - 4 Jun 10) and Letter here (7 Jun 10) Anti-windfarm demo. in Berlin 15 May - (EPAW) Offshore windfarms danger to marine life and fishing industry (Electric News - 28 May 10) High Court awards €341,830 damages after bogslide (Irish Times - 21 May 10) Australian Liberals want 2km. separation from homes (The Age - 14 May 10) Wind Energy Charade comparing apples to orangutans (Scienceblog - 12 May 10) Dinner only when the wind blows (Telegraph-Journal - 30 Apr 10) Wind industry wants 16 week planning period (Times - 23 Apr 10) ROCs make millions for the rich (Sunday Times - 28 Mar 10) Importance of Scottish peatlands (BBC News - 24 Mar 10) Massacre of the birds (Telegraph - 13 Mar 10) Noisy windfarms face crackdown (Telegraph - 13 Mar 10) Subsidies top £1 billion a year (Telegraph - 23 Jan 10)
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PETITIONS Petition to protect our wild land EPAW -- demands moratorium on wind turbine construction in Europe Petition
to the Scottish Government to guarantee a minimum separation distance
from any dwelling Petition to revise outdated
noise guidelines Petition for 2km
separation distance in the UK International Petition for separation distances
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CONSULTATIONS Draft Plan for Offshore
Wind Energy in Scottish Territorial Waters Highland Council Community
Councils Consultation Renewables Obligation (Scotland)
consultation has ended Scottish Natural Heritage
- Highland
Development Plan Scheme - Summer 2010 DECC draft consultation
on National
Policy Statements for Energy Infrastructure House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report - The Economics of Renewable Energy
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PLANNING Details
of Beauly Denny PI and Decision Windfarms - Distance from Housing (House of Commons Library - 8 Jan 10) Changes to Scottish Planning System (3 Aug 09) Highland Council Scheme of Delegation (3 Sep 09) A Guide to the Planning System in Scotland (3 Aug 09) Climate Change (Scotland) Bill granted Royal Assent (5 Aug 09) Scottish Government Renewables Action Plan (1 Jul 09) Scottish Government National
Planning Framework 2 now published
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Separation Distances - Important clarification from the Scottish Government Scottish Planning Policy 6 (SPP6) eases the passage of windfarm applications through the system by opening up opportunities which were formerly no-go areas. Determining Authorities are under pressure to meet Scottish Government targets and these targets are being given priority over the lives of ordinary people unfortunate enough to live close to a windfarm proposal. SPP6 contains important but neglected Guidance under "Communities" in Annex A on proximity of windfarms to dwellings and on residential amenity. CWIF is a member of the networking organisation Stop Highland Windfarms Campaign (SHWC). SHWC wrote to Mr Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and asked for clarification. As a result, in a letter to SHWC, the Directorate for the Built Environment has now clarified the proximity issue and reaffirmed the terms of SPP6 in respect of residential amenity. The correspondence was also sent to the Director of Planning & Development at Highland Council. The relevant paragraph says this: "The 2km separation distance is intended to recognise that, in relation to local communities, visual impacts are likely to be a prominent feature and this should be taken into account when identifying the most suitable search areas. However, impacts will clearly vary considerably depending on the scale of projects and the proposed location. That is why SPP6 confirms that, in all instances, proposals should not be permitted if they would have a significant long term detrimental impact on the amenity of people living nearby. This principle applies to houses within and outwith 2km of the proposed development and regardless of whether they are single dwellings or part of a settlement." Click here to read the questions and answers in full. It is to be hoped that Determining Authorities will implement this Guidance with immediate effect.
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GORDONBUSH WINDFARM
WINDFARMS and RADAR: TELEVISION RECEPTION ISSUES |
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Inquiry
to resume after 2 years (BBC News - 4 Mar 10) Blackcraig windfarm - Dumfries & Galloway - Inquiry to resume (BBC News - 27 Oct 09) Anger over leaked
decision (Press & Journal - 26 Oct 09) Glenfiddich windfarm to go to Public Inquiry following refusal (Northern Scot - 16 Oct 09) Stacain windfarm refused after Inquiry (BBC News - 15 Oct 09) Windfarm would have unacceptable
impact on landscape (Courier - 10 Oct 09) Gorsedd Bran windfarm inquiry opens with protests (Denbighshire Free Press - 7 Oct 09) More
on Black Craig windfarm - Argyll & Bute (National Wind Watch
- 2 Oct 09) Public Inquiries website with documents (Persona Associates)
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Caithness Windfarm Information Forum is a group of people concerned by the potential destruction of the unique heritage of Caithness and Sutherland through industrial windfarm development for no material reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and no significant contribution to climate change. The forum welcomes as members those who wish to safeguard our heritage and environment and may also support the development of sustainable energy resources which will provide clean and secure energy. |
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Duncansby
Stacks - Photo: Ben MacGregor
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Wind
energy cannot provide what is known as "base load", therefore it cannot
replace any of the secure supplies currently available. Proliferation
of wind turbines severely degrades our local environment for no perceptible
advantage. |
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Caithness
Windfarm Information Forum wants to see responsible
Local and National energy policies which combine reliable, controllable
and predictable low carbon energy supplies with adequate protection of
our fragile environment, countryside and communities. |
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