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WIND FARM ACTIVITY IN CAITHNESS AND SUTHERLAND


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Caithness Map

Caithness Windfarms

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Sutherland Map

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Sutherland Single & Medium

Feed-In-Tariff
an explanation

These lists are as supplied to CWIF by the Highland Council but updated by CWIF as information becomes available. Some applications are shown as Approved below when we know the result of a Planning Hearing, but are still shown as Submitted But Not Yet Determined on the Highland Council map as they are not considered to be determined until the legal agreements are confirmed, which can take some time.

The current Highland Council map can be seen here.

Turbine / Windfarm locations on the maps below can be clicked
to show more details (zoom in where turbines are very close)

Where turbine / windfarm is in Submitted we have provided links
to the Highland Council's eplanning site to enable further details
to be viewed and objections raised. If the HC link / site reports
an error then please try again another time.

CAITHNESS


View Caithness in a larger map with list of windfarms / turbines


Large Windfarms

Colour coding is as before (see below).
Information on each site gives Location, Number of Turbines, Status, Developer & Capacity (MW).

 

Key
Windfarm Status
Total No. of
Turbines
Operational
48
Approved or Under Construction
87
Submitted But Not Yet Determined
74
Scoping Opinion
190 - 204
Appeal


Single Turbines and "Medium Scale" groups

Please note - these are taken from Highland Council eplanning which does not indicate
when turbines become operational so if you know something we don't, please tell us.
Single turbines are shown on the map as and groups as
Further information on each site can be accessed by clicking the turbine symbol, giving
Location, Number of Turbines, Status, Developer, Height to Tip (m) & Maximum Output (kw).

Turbine Status
Total No. of Turbines
Operational
30
Approved or Under Construction
26
Submitted But Not Yet Determined
32
Appeal
1

SUTHERLAND

View Sutherland in a larger map with list of windfarms / turbines


Large Windfarms

Colour coding is as before (see below).
Information on each site gives Location, Number of Turbines, Status, Developer & Capacity (MW).

 

Key
Windfarm Status
Total No. of
Turbines
Operational
122
Approved or Under Construction
38
Submitted But Not Yet Determined
223
Scoping Opinion
132
Appeal  


Single Turbines and "Medium Scale" groups

Please note - these are taken from Highland Council eplanning which does not indicate
when turbines become operational so if you know something we don't, please tell us.
Single turbines are shown on the map as and groups as
Further information on each site can be accessed by clicking the turbine symbol, giving
Location, Number of Turbines, Status, Developer, Height to Tip (m) & Maximum Output (kw).

Turbine Status
Total No. of Turbines
Operational
3
Approved or Under Construction
16
Submitted But Not Yet Determined
2

 

Update on FITs

Our Chairman says:

Of course it takes an awful lot of small turbines to be as oppressive as a large windfarm, but the motivation behind these things and the potential for them to intrude on people's lives is just as bad as ROCs and large windfarms. They are springing up because of "Feed-in Tariffs". This is another way of trying to comply with the requirement to produce energy from renewables sources agreed to by Blair before he left office. It is not designed to reduce carbon emissions.

This is how it works. If I were to erect a small turbine on my property, supposedly to supply my own electricity needs, then my electricity supplier would pay me something like 27p per unit for the electricity I generated even if I used it myself. If I didn't use it myself but fed it back into the grid, my supplier would pay me the same 27p per unit plus a few pence more. Figures are rough but give an idea. My electricity supplier takes the cost of paying me to use my own electricity and spreads it around everyone else's bills. Why erect a small (3kw?) turbine which is enough for my needs when I can erect a pretty powerful one (6kw?) and get even more money from my neighbours for it? So, if your neighbour wants a small turbine, just be aware that you personally will pay more for his electricity over the next twenty years than he will.

Learn about Feed-In Tariffs here:
Energy Saving Trust website and Ofgem website plus Feed-In Tariffs

 

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