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LOCAL ISSUES IN THE MEDIA Press and Journal Article 21 November 2007 about SToP/CWAG campaign See end of Press and Journal editorial comment about CWAG campaigner. Press and Journal article about Strathdon’s new river turbine coming on stream. Over last Christmas and New Year there was an increase in tourism on Deeside according to a Press and Journal article. Don’t let the wind factory reverse this trend. Press and Journal article about how MSPs act upon North-East man’s fears for soil structure and life in the soil. Press and Journal article about attempts by developers to add 15 more turbines to the 25 already granted permission at a wind factory near Banchory which has not even been built yet. North Star News article about the would-be industrialisers of Pressendye with a new title, Atmos Consulting, putting up structures without consulting. WIDER ISSUES IN THE MEDIA Herald article about Scotland’s revised targets for renewables. BBC article about Beatrice Offshore Wind Factory Demonstrator Project In Depth: Windfarms’ section in Press and Journal
Letters and comments about subsidies in the Scotsman (Oct 2007). For anyone accused of being a NIMBY should read this article in the Independent. Times article on how the MOD sees wind farms as a threat to national security LINKS Information on planning and other issues Scottish Government’s recent guidelines for planning authorities for renewable energy (SPP6) Scottish Executive (now gov) Planning Advice Note (PAN 45) (revised 2002) on Renewable Energy Technologies Aberdeenshire Council’s local plan and planning policies Planning applications submitted to Aberdeenshire Council Planning application by West Coast Energy for the siting of the wind monitoring mast now erected on Pressendye. Cairngorms National Park Authority’s comment on wind monitoring mast on Pressendye Health and Safety Caithness Wind Farm Information Forum website provides accident statistics. Nina Pierpont has written a number of papers about the effects on health of people living near wind factories. Recreation Watch a video of Paragliding from Pressendye Background to Wind Factories Country Guardian has news, views and scientific fact about wind farms and campaigns in the U.K. and around the world. Views of Scotland has useful background documents covering all aspects. Ofgem statistics on the electricity actually produced by each windfarm compared to the developers’ claims for their generating capacities. The Scottish Wind Assesment Project on the effects of wind factories in Scotland. Listen to a recent edition of BBC Radio programme, " Costing The Earth". It lifts the lid on the subsidies levied on energy consumers, which underpin ineffective wind turbines.’ Comprehensive US Site Windaction.org Comprehensive US Site Windwatch.org
The Scottish Wild Land Group views on preserving the landscape. The Scottish Wild Land Group paper for the Scottish Parliament expressing its concern about the effect of the indiscriminate siting of windfarms in the Scottish countryside. ”Visit Wales Now” critique of The Centre for Alternative Technology’s stance on wind factories. Confused? Beginner’s Guide to understanding what electricity is all about. Information on Alternatives to Wind Recent summary of tidal power projects A single 7.5 MW turbine could potentially provide for the electricity needs of more than 5,500 homes and offset more than 32 million pounds of CO2.( BERR site on Clipper Windpower, Blythe) Scotsman article on a Call to think small on hydro-power NEWSFLASH ARCHIVE FILE This archive contains important information which has become available since the website was published. Interviewed by the Press and Journal at the end of January 2008, MSP Mike Rumbles has come out against the wind factory on Pressendye. TIME-LINE Because we do not have access to all details of this application, this time-line is incomplete. If you have further relevant information to add, please contact us with evidence.
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