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CAITHNESS/SUTHERLAND NEWS

 

Single turbine rejected (Telegraph - 27 Nov 11)

Local community opposes Glenmorie (Northern Times - 25 Nov 11)

Single turbine near Mey appeal refused on residential amenity (BBC News - 24 Nov 11)

RSPB attacks Strathy North decision (Scotsman - 23 Nov 11)

Strathy North approved by the Minister (BBC News - 22 Nov 11)

Beatrice to be the biggest in the world (Scotsman - 22 Nov 11)

NHC to benefit from Wathegar 2 (John O'Groat Journal - 19 Nov 11)

First Gordonbush turbines operational (STV News - 16 Nov 11)

Letter - How will we bridge the energy gap (Northern Times - 6 Oct 11)

Strathy attracts developers (Northern Times - 20 Sep 11)

Local farmer appeals against Mey turbine refusal (Telegraph - 18 Sep 11)

School turbine fears (John O'Groat Journal - 16 Sep 11)

Public asked to comment on Strathy Wood (John O'Groat Journal - 15 Sep 11)

Opponents blast wind turbine corridor (John O'Groat Journal - 9 Sep 11)

Local MSP says objectors are selfish (John O'Groat Journal - 8 Sep 11)

188 turbines round Lairg (Northern Times - 1 Sep 11)

Gordonbush windfarm traffic (Northern Times - 22 Aug 11)

Baillie windfarm stake sale (Industrial Fuels & Power - 20 Jun 11)

Response from SSE (Scotsman - 18 Jun 11)
Complaints shut windfarm (BBC - 17 Jun 11)
Achany windfarm closed after noise complaints (Northern Times - 9 Jun 11)

Madness (John O'Groat Journal - 20 May 11)
Trees lost for turbines (John O'Groat Journal - 13 May 11)
SSE asked to protect salmon (BBC News - 6 May 11)
No site visit for windfarm (Press & Journal - 14 Mar 11)
RSPB object to Strathy North (Press & Journal - 3 Mar 11)

Blimp flown in Spittal Hill windfarm protest (John O'Groat Journal - 6 May 11)

Burn of Whilk (Yarrows) application approved (National Wind Watch - 30 Mar 11)

Walk to see windfarm devastation (Press & Journal - 18 Mar 11)

E.ON refuse to compensate Rosehall hotel (Northern Times - 17 Mar 11)

Dispute over Community Benefit (Northern Times - 17 Mar 11)

RSPB object to Strathy North (Press & Journal - 3 Mar 11)
RSPB sever connection to SSE

Community benefit splits communities (Press & Journal - 26 Feb 11)

More on censorship - see 4th Letter down (Press & Journal - 15 Feb 11)

Complaint about Council censorship (Press & Journal - 11 Feb 11)

Pro-windfarm campaigners are back (Northern Times - 10 Feb 11)

Opposition grows to huge Braemore windfarm (Northern Times - 27 Jan 11)

SSE refuse to increase community benefit from Gordonbush (Northern Times - 20 Jan 11)

It's the Panto season (letter John O'Groat Journal - 10 Dec 10)

Windfarm rejected for second time (John O'Groat Journal - 10 Dec 10)

Councillors turn down windfarm (Press & Journal - 17 Nov 10)

Windfarm gets thumbs down (John O'Groat Journal - 17 Nov 10)

Call to end gagging of councillors (John O'Groat Journal - 5 Nov 10)

Windfarm against windfarm (Scottish Sun - 1 Nov 10)

SNH complain about ES from same company as Latheronwheel (Courier - 20 Oct 10)

The Planning System has let the people down (John O'Groat Journal - 3 Sep 10)

Residents complain about planning procedures (Northern Times - 5 Aug 10)

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)

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)
follow the output here

Dunbeath Moors Doomed (Caithness Courier - 24 Feb 10)

Undisturbed peat bog at Bad a Cheo (Guardian - 13 Aug 09)

 

SCOTLAND NEWS

 

 

SSE launches £90m fund bribe (BBC News - 30 Nov 11)

Wind turbines can be health hazard (Express - 28 Nov 11)

Wind of Change hitting renewables (Scotsman - 24 Nov 11)

Scottish Govt. trails in energy efficiency (Scotsman - 20 Nov 11)

Peer's false claims result in new application (Press & Journal - 14 Nov 11)
full story in National Wind Watch

Report on Anti-windfarm National Conference (Scotsman - 12 Nov 11)
Campaigners want to halt scourge of windfarms (Herald via National Wind Watch - 12 Nov 11)
Struan Stevenson's keynote speech at the Conference

Scottish Green Energy plan unrealistic (Guardian - 3 Nov 11)
Read the full IMechE report on Scottish energy

Citigroup warn over Scottish green energy (BBC News - 2 Nov 11)

International Peatlands Conference planned (Shetland News - 31 Oct 11)

Huhne attacks climate sceptics (Scotsman - 26 Oct 11)

Climate sceptics deserve a fair hearing, Mr Huhne (Scotsman - 26 Oct 11)

Give people of Scotland their say (Scotsman - 26 Oct 11)

More windfarms shut because too windy (Sun - 25 Oct 11)

Windfarms shock on turbine map (Press & Journal - 24 Oct 11)
Press Release by WAG

Wind company bribes colleges (Inverness Courier - 21 Oct 11)

A chill wind blows over cost of green energy (Scotsman - 18 Oct 11)

The true cost of windfarms (Herald - 17 Oct 11)

Monuments to corporate greed (Berwickshire News - 17 Oct 11)

Windfarms paid £7 million to switch off to 14 Sept. (Press Association - 11 Oct 11)

Letter to landowners "Please spare us a thought" (Berwickshire News - 6 Oct 11)

Unfair rush to appeal (Southern Reporter - 3 Oct 11)

Salmond's green dream becalmed (Scotsman - 1 Oct 11)
No wind so no power (Courier - 1 Oct 11)

Firms threatened with bankruptcy (Telegraph - 29 Sep 11)
Cost of warm embrace with Gore (Scotsman - 29 Sep 11)

Worrying turbine failure - letter (Shetland Times - 25 Sep 11)
Proven owners told to shut down turbines (Shetland Times - 22 Sep 11)
see also QR turbines failure (ZDNet UK - 2009)

Giant windfarm by stealth (Dunfermline Press - 23 Sep 11) Vote No in the Poll

Druim Ba Planning Meeting - Tuesday 20 September - Inverness
The meeting was webcast and is available in the Archive.
Councillors agreed unanimously to recommend refusal (STV News)
Campaigners Triumph (Press & Journal - 21 Sep 11)

Opinion - Act now to end the blight of windfarms (Herald Scotland - 20 Sep 11)
full article from National Wind Watch

Cairngorms will be encircled by windfarms (Herald Scotland - 19 Sep 11)
full story from National Wind Watch
Allt Duine - a critical analysis -
from Scotland Landscapes
see also Save the Monadhliath Mountains website

Trump's fury at ugly windfarm (The National - 18 Sep 11)
"You've been Trumped" - video trailer for film

Proven goes into receivership (Business7 - 16 Sep 11)

600 Proven turbines to shut down for safety reasons (Press & Journal - 16 Sep 11)
full story from National Wind Watch

Golf v. windfarm / Trump v. Salmond (Scotsman - 15 Sep 11)
Trump fights for Scotland (BBC News - 15 Sep 11)

Single operator to get £1.2m from storm (Herald Scotland - 16 Sep 11)
full story from National Wind Watch

Windfarm operators due windfall (Herald Scotland - 14 Sep 11)
full story from National Wind Watch

Time for SNP to leave Cloud Nine (Scotsman - 13 Sep 11)

SNP warned of white elephant (Scotsman - 13 Sep 11)

Campaign group want greater transparency (The Courier - 12 Sep 11)

Stacain developers appeal again (Scotsman - 7 Sep 11)

Salmond faces windfarm protestors (Press & Journal - 7 Sep 11)
the full text via National Wind watch
No encouragement from Salmond (STV News)
Salmond's response to questions
(video)

Green jobs an illusion (Scotsman - 3 Sep 11)
read the full report by the Global Warming Policy Foundation

Denise Davis to tackle Salmond on homes (Press & Journal - 2 Sep 11)
see also Couple refuse to be bought out (Press & Journal - 30 Jun 11)

Scotland pumping out more CO2 emissions (Scotsman - 1 Sep 11)
Comment: Chilling results from carbon data (Scotsman - 1 Sep 11)

Hadrian's Wall of turbines (National Wind Watch - 29 Aug 11)

Subsidy cuts predicted (Scotsman - 28 Aug 11)

Landscape will be desecrated (Press & Journal - 24 Aug 11)

Highlands vandalised (Scotsman - 23 Aug 11)

Fuss over one little word - see "Rape" article below (Scotsman - 23 Aug 11)

Reporter stands up to Judge (Southern Reporter - 19 Aug 11)

Rape of Scotland (Carrick Gazette - 17 Aug 11)
Full text of Struan Stevenson's speech

RSPB could drop objection to Lewis windfarm (Scotsman - 17 Aug 11)

Councillor claims planning system deception (Courier - 16 Aug 11)

Alex Salmond jeered (Daily Record - 10 Aug 11)

Trump doesn't want his view spoiled (Guardian - 5 Aug 11)

1 in 3 Aberdeen windfarms get noise complaints (Press & Journal - 26 Jul 11)

Ramblers Group back boycott of SSE and Scottish Power (Scotsman - 24 Jul 11)

Stacain windfarm refused (Birdwatch - 21 Jul 11)

Windfarm closed after bullock electrocuted (Press & Journal - 18 Jul 11)

Monstrous Loch Ness windfarms (Scotsman - 16 Jul 11)

Couple refuse to be bought out (Press & Journal - 30 Jun 11)

Next victim Ben Wyvis (Ross-shire Journal - 24 Jun 11)

Enjoy Scotland's wilderness while you can say Ramblers (Grough magazine - 23 Jun 11)

Scottish Borders halt march of the giants (Southern Reporter - 20 Jun 11)

Playing politics with Scotland's energy - see first Letter (Herald Scotland - 19 Jun 11)

Demand for rethink on Beauly Denny (Scotsman - 17 Jun 11)
Cost of Beauly Denny line doubles (BBC - 16 Jun 11)

Salmond carries on regardless (Courier - 14 Jun 11)

A future of brown-outs and power shortages (Scotsman - 12 Jun 11)

Experts warn 100% green energy plan unrealistic (Herald - 10 Jun 11)

MSP calls for greater say in planning (Stornaway Gazette - 3 Jun 11)
Full report of the Scottish Parliament debate on Green Energy

Protest blimp flown (STV News - 15 Apr 11)

Turbine inefficiency leads to refusal (Courier - 14 Apr 11)

Landowners need reality check (Scotsman - 14 Apr 11)

Output figures not adding up (Strathspey & Badenoch Herald - 13 Apr 11)

Operational windfarm to be extended (Press & Journal - 13 Apr 11)

Funding of windfarms a financial scandal (Herald - 9 Apr 11)

Blimp to be flown; wind energy costs jobs; subsidy cost keeps rising (Press & Journal - 8 Apr 11)

Call for new planning guidelines (Press & Journal - 30 Mar 11)

Small windfarms could increase from 15,000 to over 600,000 (Berwickshire News - 30 Mar 11)

Millionaire holds up Beauly Denny line (Inverness Courier - 29 Mar 11)

Corriemoillie windfarm (next to Lochluichart) approved (Press & Journal - 23 Mar 11)

Proliferation of windfarms - last letter on page (Press & Journal - 21 Mar 11)

Corriemoillie recommended for approval (Press & Journal - 21 Mar 11)

Visit Scotland ignores windfarms - letter (Scotsman - 20 Mar 11)

Offshore windfarms damage tourism (BBC News - 18 Mar 11)

Windfarm Protesters head to Holyrood (Press & Journal - 7 Mar 11)

Developer uses lobby group to exaggerate support (The Courier - 4 Mar 11)

The truth - lost jobs and increased bills (Caledonian Mercury - 28 Feb 11)

RYA says Tiree Array is unsafe (forArgyll.com - 24 Feb 11)

No guaranteed income from electricity produced (Press & Journal - 11 Feb 11)

Community Benefit is our money dribbled back (Letters, Northern Times - 3 Feb 11)


A brutish plan driven by an overweening profit motive (Argyll News - 22 Jan 11)

Call for parts of Beauly Denny line to be underground (Press & Journal - 21 Jan 11)

Wigtown Bay turbines too close to shore (Galloway News - 20 Jan 11)

Broadcaster snubs event to avoid Mather (Press & Journal - 11 Jan 11)

United call to protect landscapes (BBC News - 10 Jan 11)
Open letter can be read here

Why don't Govt. members live near windfarms? (Scotsman Letters - 9 Jan 11)

Article Heeding the lessons of history (Press & Journal - 5 Jan 11)

Windfarms unable to cope with freeze (Scotsman - 27 Dec 10)
The debate continues (Scotsman Letters - 28 Dec 10)

Freezing weather and no wind (Scotsman - 27 Dec 10)

Cold weather and no wind (Press & Journal - 22 Dec 10)

Donald Trump to fight windfarm (Press & Journal - 8 Dec 10)

Better planning needed for offshore windfarms (Scotsman - 4 Dec 10)

JMT call for scientific evaluation of developers' claims (Scotsman - 16 Nov 10)

Energy boss warns lights will go out (Press & Journal - 13 Nov 10)

Letter - the con trick (Shetland News - 26 Oct 10)

New law against ecocide (Scotsman - 11 Oct 10)

Renewables will increase fuel bills by £100 pa (Scotsman - 30 Sep 10)

Beauly-Denny line will be overground (Scotsman - 30 Sep 10)

Windfarms cannot replace fossil fuel (Scotsman - 25 Sep 10)

More windfarms to be built on peat (Sunday Herald - 19 Sep 10)

What the Government is costing Councils (The Courier - 3 Sep 10)

Dava Moor and Tomatin rejected by Councillors (Press & Journal - 24 Aug 10)

Onshore wind out of puff (Press & Journal - 4 Aug 10)

MEP attacks Dava Moor proposals (Strathspey & Badenoch Herald - 21 Jul 10)

Challenge to Dunmaglass decision (Inverness Courier - 20 Jul 10)

Lack of wind and rain means power cuts to come (Scotsman - 4 Jul 10)

Windfarm planning process to be speeded up (Scotsman - 1 Jul 10)

Financial incentives destroying Scotland's wild scenery (The Herald - 23 Jun 10)

Scottish Govt. says don't query "carbon benefits of windfarms" (Scotsman - 12 Jun 10)

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)

 

OTHER NEWS

 

Global warming scare greatest delusion in history (Telegraph - 27 Nov 11)

Right to decry useless windfarms (Telegraph - 27 Nov 11)
The Duke of Edinburgh sees clearly (Telegraph - 21 Nov 11)
Comment
(Telegraph - 21 Nov 11)
Thank Heavens for the Duke (Catholic Herald - 21 Nov 11)
Windfarms are absolutely useless (Benvironment)
Former Chancellor backs Philip
(Daily Mail - 21 Nov 11)
Hurrah for Prince Philip (Daily Mail comment - 21 Nov 11)

Noisy windfarms switch off (Telegraph - 19 Nov 11)

Claimants of Feed-In Tariff more mean than green (Yorkshire Post - 19 Nov 11)

View from the US - windfarm follies (BigGovernment - 18 Nov 11)

14,000 abandoned turbines in US (Tory Aardvark - 17 Nov 11)

80% of residents affected by noise (thisisnorthDevon - 17 Nov 11)

The policies behind your energy bills (Spectator - 15 Nov 11)

Nearly 500 birds dead near windfarm (New York Times - 9 Nov 11)

Scrap windfarms for nuclear and gas (Daily Mail - 7 Nov 11)

Ditching windfarms will save £34bn (SundayTimes via National Wind Watch - 6 Nov 11)

Germany prepares for renewables shutdowns (The Local - 5 Nov 11)

Turbines fail due to salt and weather (Corpus Christi Caller Times - 24 Oct 11)

Shale gas cheaper (Express - 24 Oct 11)

Wind energy is NOT free - the cost of offshore maintenance

How wind turbines harm bats (Science 2.0 - 18 Oct 11)

As growth falters, realism on green energy creeps in (Conservative blog - 16 Oct 11)

Windfarms are obsolete (Spectator - 15 Oct 11)

Huhne admits wind energy is most expensive (The Register - 14 Oct 11)

Communication strategies needed to convince (National Review - 12 Oct 11)

Energy policy wrecking British industry (Daily Mail - 9 Oct 11)

December 2010 Proven turbine achieves MCS certification
September 2011 MCS withdraws Proven turbine certification
Proven Energy calls in receivers (The Scottish Farmer - 19 Sep 11)
Bo'ness school cannot replace Proven turbine (National Wind Watch - 1 Oct 11)
Cornwall school cannot replace Proven turbine (Daily Mail - 6 Oct 11)

Video from a group in Swindon - this could be you

Windfarms must prove their worth (Power Engineering - 4 Oct 11)

Huhne says turbines are beautiful (Journal Live - 1 Oct 11)

What to do with dead turbines? (Sustainable Business Oregon - 26 Sep 11)

Global warming and twisting children's minds (Daily Mail - 22 Sep 11)

Government figures don't add up (Daily Mail - 22 Sep 11)

Family lodge $1.5m lawsuit on health (Vancouver Sun - 22 Sep 11)

Huhne's windfarms inflating bills (Telegraph - 21 Sep 11)

Huhne the comedian (Spectator - 20 Sep 11)

Norwegian owned windfarm paid £1.2m to switch off (Telegraph - 18 Sep 11)

Foreign owned windfarm companies paid £532m in subsidies (Telegraph - 17 Sep 11)

Renewables targets will add £500 to fuel bills (Daily Mail - 15 Sep 11)

The Suffolk turbine that didn't work (Telegraph Australia - 14 Sep 11)

High winds halt turbines (Reuters - 13 Sep 11)

Monuments to Lunacy (Telegraph - 10 Sep 11)

6ft. blade flies of hospital car park roof (The Comet 24 - 6 Sep 11)

Cameron worried about cost of green policies (Tory Aardvark blog - 5 Sep 11)

Household energy bills rise by £300 pa (Telegraph - 4 Sep 11)

Brainwashing schoolchildren (3 Sep 11)

Renewables cost £100 billion more than gas (Reuters - 2 Sep 11)

Military objections overcome (Telegraph - 28 Aug 11)

The Aristocrats who cash in and the Duke who refuses to (Telegraph - 20/21 Aug 11)

Australian doctor calls for windfarm sickness study (The Courier - 19 Aug 11)

MoD to block windfarms (Guardian - 19 Aug 11)

Irish windfarm refused on visual and amenity (Irish Times - 19 Aug 11)

PM's father-in-law profits from windfarm (Daily Mail - 19 Aug 11)

More problems than solutions (Beacon Herald - 6 Aug 11)

6 Golden Eagles killed by one windfarm (LAtimes - 3 Aug 11)

Giant turbines will kill pink-footed geese (Independent - 3 Aug 11)

Windfarm will kill skylarks, golden plover and barn owls (Lincolnshire Echo - 30 Jul 11)

the Global Backlash (National Windwatch - 29 Jul 11)

Sarkozy criticised for D-day coast windfarm (Telegraph - 17 Jul 11)

Huhne's energy policy destroying industry (Telegraph - 17 Jul 11)

Deadly to bats, costly to farmers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -17 Jul 11)

Wind energy generation drops (Telegraph - 15 Jul 11)

The new gold rush (Telegraph - 15 Jul 11)

UK needs £110bn to keep lights on (Sky News - 12 Jul 11)

Chris Huhne does it again (Telegraph - 11 Jul 11)

Almost half onshore windfarms rejected (Telegraph - 11 Jul 11)

Wind turbine backlash (Daily Mail - 11 Jul 11)

Windfarm rejections rising (Walesonline - 11 Jul 11)

Government tilting at windmills (Telegraph - 2 Jul 11)

Farmers targeted by turbine salesmen (Telegraph - 2 Jul 11)

Onshore wind generation drops (Telegraph - 1 Jul 11)

Energy Giants want billions to backup windfarms (ThisisMoney - 26 Jun 11)

Do they use as much as they generate? (The Cypress Times - 26 Jun 11)

Wind turbines as a source of electricity (June 11)

IPCC packed with hot air (Telegraph - 18 Jun 11)

Massive windfarm off Norfolk coast (Daily Mail - 18 Jun 11)

Turbine door in Devon not locked (This is North Devon - 16 Jun 11)

Turbine door was not locked (News-Messenger - 16 Jun 11)
Teenager killed climbing school turbine (Sandusky Register - 14 Jun 11)

National Grid will have to switch turbines off 38 days per year (Telegraph - 14 Jun 11)

What happens when the wind doesn't blow (Telegraph - 13 Jun 11)

Bats, birds and blades (Mark Lynas - 10 Jun 11)

Turbines killing birds and bats (New American - 7 Jun 11)
Scores of golden eagles killed in California (Los Angeles Times - 6 Jun 11)

UK Green spaces worth £30 billion a year (Guardian - 2 Jun 11)
View is worth £300 per person per year (BBC Today programme - 2 Jun 11)
see also Eco Valuation under Editor's Choice on this page
Parks and Nature contribute billions to economy (FreshBusinessThinking - 2 Jun 11)
Nature is worth billions to UK (BBC News - 2 Jun 11)
UK National Ecosystem Assessment

A warning not to shut down nuclear industry (The Engineer - 7 Jun 11)

Not just a blight, a folly (Telegraph - 6 Jun 11)

Scots and Welsh saving Pennines from windfarms (Hebden Bridge Times - 4 Jun 11)

Energy review threatens windfarms (thisismoney - 29 May 11)

A green dark age (Spectator - 21 May 11)

Judge orders windfarm demolished (TypicallySpanish - 17 May 11)

Lies, damned lies and economists (Press & Journal Energy - 16 May 11)

2km buffer zone for England (Express - 15 May 11)

Windfarms blighting countryside and economy (Express - 15 May 11)

Turbines threaten bats (Greenbaypressgazette - 15 May 11)

Ramblers say stop windfarm gravy train (Grough - 3 May 11)
Letters on subsidised turbines (Press & Journal - 3 May 11)
Windfarms paid to stop turbines (Press & Journal - 2 May 11)

£900,000 to switch off for one night (Telegraph - 1 May 11)

Flying turbine blade just misses girl (Asbury Park Press - 25 Apr 11)

Financial scandal of windfarm funding (Carrick Gazette - 20 Apr 11)

Letters - Doubts over wind power (Scotsman - 18 Apr 11)

Turbine owner compensated for causing flicker (The Citizen - 17 Apr 11)

UK - Green energy equals lost jobs and higher prices (The American - 15 Apr 11)

EU takes UK to Court over cost of challenging environment decisions

Worst year ever for wind energy (This is Cornwall - 4 Apr 11)

Fishermen winning against offshore windfarms (Times & Star - 31 Mar 11)

Windfarms causing power cuts (The Hindu - 24 Mar 11)

Residents threatened - sell up or houses will be unihabitable (The Land - 24 Mar 11)

Date set for High Court test case on noise (Spalding Guardian - 22 Mar 11)

It's the wrong kind of wind (The Register - 22 Mar 11)

More turns (Andrew Neil BBC blog - 14 Mar 11)
Philip Hammond reveals his ignorance of wind power (Telegraph - 5 Mar 11)
When is a subsidy not a subsidy? (Andrew Neil BBC blog - 6 Mar 11)

Eu Carbon Commissioner doesn't know the answers (Telegraph - 9 Mar 11)
Hear the original radio interview (scroll in half way) or read the transcript

1 new job in renewables = 4 lost elsewhere (Investors.com - 1 Mar 11)

Windpower - the greatest scam of our age (Daily Mail - 28 Feb 11)

The real cost of global warming (Telegraph -28 Feb 11)

Govt. overrules opposition to Wordsworth country windfarm (Sunday Express - 27 Feb 11)

Fishermen say No to offshore windfarms (Times & Star - 25 Feb 11)

The price of daring to disagree (Daily Mail - 22 Feb 11)

Windfarms on Irish bogs (National Windwatch - 20 Feb 11)

Terribly expensive, non-productive wind machines (Herald Express - 12 Feb 11)

Energy Minister offers bribes (Telegraph - 11 Feb 11)

UK's most useless turbine (Daily Mail - 10 Feb 11) Vote now in the poll

Inefficient windfarms (Daily Express - 3 Feb 11)
link to the Renewable Energy Foundation report - 2 Feb 11

"Natural" England recommending windfarms to schools (County Gazette - 30 Jan 11)
Read the response of a reader which applies equally to Scotland



The toxic waste behind "green" wind energy (Daily Mail - 29 Jan 11)


Minister over-rules Council at Glenluce (BBC News - 28 Jan 11)
Read the Reporter's Decision

The concrete roots of turbines (This is Devon - 27 Jan 11)

Electrical pollution tester blames voltage for health effects (Sun Times - 26 Jan 11)

Power cut stops turbine turning (Portsmouth Patch - 24 Jan 11)

Tinnitus, headaches and fatigue (Manchester Evening News - 22 Jan 11)

Big turbines are too close together (The Register - 21 Jan 11)

Failure of wind industry to generate energy (Telegraph - 15 Jan 11)

Britain's windfarms no spin zones in cold (Energy Tribune - 14 Jan 11)

Renewables won't keep the lights on (Standpoint - Jan/Feb 11)

Wind Turbines 25% less efficient than claimed (Telegraph - 2 Jan 11)

Windfarms becalmed in cold weather (Telegraph - 1 Jan 11)

They consume more than they generate (Daily Mail - 28 Dec 10)

Opinion - A new dark age for Germany (News by Us - 5 Dec 10)

New giant turbines (Telegraph - 4 Dec 10)

Cumbrians say turbines will put off tourists (Times & Star - 2 Dec 10)

Oil firms in conflict with offshore wind industry (Observer - 31 Oct 10)

British people revolt against windfarms (Telegraph - 28 Oct 10)

Wind energy - no thanks (Independent - 28 Oct 10)

UK wind farm plans in disarray (Independent - 28 Oct 10)

Wind turbines and health (Irish Examiner - 25 Oct 10)

Wind turbine makers use potentially harmful chemicals (Windsor Beacon - 18 Oct 10)

Cost of renewables (Telegraph - 16 Oct 10)

Irish windfarm refused due to peat (Irish Times - 15 Oct 10)

Turbines wrong colour (BBC Earth News - 15 Oct 10)

UK wind policy will cost tens of billions (Reuters - 14 Oct 10)

When turbines catch fire

An ill wind (Telegraph - 12 Sep 10)

Windfarms not so green (Harvard Crimson - 10 Sep 10)

75 more turbines at Whitelee (BBC News - 7 Sep 10)

Nuclear surge as wind falters (GWPF - 6 Sep 10)

Corruption in the wind industry (Telegraph - 5 Sep 2010)

Irish windfarm will bypass Council planners (Irish Times - 1 Sep 10)

What you can't hear won't hurt you, or will it? (NIDCD - 30 Aug 10)

Where are the CO2 reductions? (Energy Tribune - 27 Aug 10)

A view from the US (Orange County Register - 26 Aug 10)

New Govt. investigation on noise by company working for developers (Telegraph - 1 Aug 10)

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)

Britain faces years of blackouts (Daily Mail - 19 Jul 10)
Warning over windfarm output (Herald - 19 Jul 10)
Blackout Britain faces big turn off (Daily Express - 19 Jul 10)
Windfarms producing half expected power (Scotsman - 18 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)

Living with turbines - the reality (The Lance - 13 Jul 10)

Bird and bat deaths double standards (Calgary Herald - 10 Jul 10)

Comment on Environmental Assessments (The News - 9 Jul 10)

School turbine switched off due to seabird slaughter (Telegraph - 4 Jul 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)

Does money grow in windfarms? (Telegraph - 13 Jun 10)

Offshore windfarms danger to marine life and fishing industry (Electric News - 28 May 10)

Wind Energy Charade comparing apples to orangutans (Scienceblog - 12 May 10)

Dinner only when the wind blows (Telegraph-Journal - 30 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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What are we leaving our children?

The legacy above ground
14,000 abandoned turbines
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The legacy below ground
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REPORT ON UK WINDPOWER GENERATION

Gone with the windfarm (Yorkshire Post - 16 May 11)
Figures are misleading - see 3rd & 4th letters (The Courier - 23 Apr 11)
Wind energy viability in question (Energy Business Review - 20 Apr 11)
Wind turbine output 'eye opener' (Caithness Courier - 13 Apr 11)
Reality check for windpower investors (Altenergystocks - see 9 Apr entry)
Turbine truths and Visit Scotland (Scotsman - 9 Apr 11)
Beware spin from wind power lobby (Scotsman - 8 Apr 11)
Muir Trust exposes wind fraud (nucleargreen.blogspot - 7 Apr 11)
Often able only to boil 6,667 kettles (Scotsman - 7 Apr 11)
Unreliability of windpower exposed (Express - 7 Apr 11)
A lot of hot air (Daily Mail - 7 Apr 11)

Row over wind energy (Herald - 7 Apr 11)
Scottish windfarm industry accused (Press & Journal - 7 Apr 11)
Comment - Merits or otherwise (Press & Journal - 7 Apr 11)
Windfarms produce far less energy than claimed (Courier - 7 Apr 11)
Wind turbines produce far less energy than claimed (24dash.com - 6 Apr 11)
Official - Windfarms are totally useless
(Telegraph - 6 Apr 11)
Windfarm efficiency queried (BBC - 6 Apr 11)

 

HOW WE ALL PAY
Energy Giants want billions to backup windfarms (ThisisMoney - 26 Jun 11)
Huhne under fire for price rises (Mail - 13 Jun 11)
Windfarm operators paid £2.6m to switch off in May (National WindWatch)
The answer ain't blowing in the wind (Mail - 10 Jun 11)
Customers paying billions for renewable energy (Courier - 9 Jun 11)
Hidden green tax in fuel bills (Mail - 9 Jun 11)
Energy companies should make bills transparent (GWPF - 9 Jun 11)
You just bought a wind turbine (WalletPop - 9 Jun 11)

DEBATE IN THE LETTERS PAGES OF THE PRESS & JOURNAL
'Lights will most certainly go out' - 6 Jan 11
Wind power propaganda and Installations are not low cost - 4 Jan 11
first three letters - 3 Jan 11
Onshore wind turbines - 31 Dec 10
Electricity generation and 'Stop sailing against the wind' - 30 Dec 10
Energy supplies and climate - 29 Dec 10
Windfarms during cold weather (more) - 28 Dec 10
Domestic source of fuel 'a priority' and Windfarms during cold weather - 27 Dec 10
Windfarms during cold weather - 23 Dec 10
Providing power from wind - 22 Dec 10
Wind turbine development - 21 Dec 10

DUNMAGLASS WINDFARM
John Muir Trust fear for eagles (Press & Journal - 7 Jan 11)
Giant windfarm approved despite opposition (Press & Journal - 30 Dec 10)

Opposed by conservationists but given go-ahead (BBC - 29 Dec 10)
The Dunmaglass Disaster (Cameron McNeish blog- 29 Dec 10)
Wildlife fears (BBC - 24 Mar 05)
John Muir Trust objection (updated March 2010)
Mountaineering Council of Scotland objection (May 2008)

DANGER FROM TURBINE FIRE - They can't put them out:
Danger from turbine fires (Scotsman - 27 Nov 10)
Let turbine fires burn out (The Courier - 20 Nov 10)
Turbine blaze closes road (Denbighshire Free Press - 5 Nov 10)
Can't fight the fire (victorharbortimes - 4 Nov 10)

OFFSHORE WIND IN THE MORAY FIRTH - 440 turbines
Beatrice Windfarm details
and still more (Northern Times) - Moray Offshore Windfarm details
This is the Thanet windfarm - only 100 turbines
Government Consultation on offshore wind
Thanet windfarm will milk us of billions (Telegraph - 25 Sep 10)
Offshore windfarms will have severe consequences for shipping (Portstrategy - 30 Sep 10)

WINDPOWER INTERMITTENT/UNRELIABLE
Letters - Windpower too unreliable (Scotsman - 8 Aug 10)
Onshore wind out of puff (Press & Journal - 4 Aug 10)
Comment on Scotsman article (Scotsman - 1 Aug 10)

Britain faces years of blackouts
(Daily Mail - 19 Jul 10)

Warning over windfarm output (Herald - 19 Jul 10)
Blackout Britain faces big turn off (Daily Express - 19 Jul 10)
Windfarms producing half expected power (Scotsman - 18 Jul 10)

 


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