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Feed-In-Tariff |
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 Where
turbine / windfarm is in Submitted we have provided links
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Key
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Windfarm Status |
Total
No. of
Turbines |
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Operational |
48
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Approved or Under Construction |
87
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Submitted But Not Yet Determined |
74
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Scoping Opinion |
190
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SUTHERLAND
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View Sutherland
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Key
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Windfarm Status |
Total
No. of
Turbines |
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Operational |
122
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Approved or Under Construction |
38
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Submitted But Not Yet Determined |
223
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Scoping Opinion |
132
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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:
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