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Wind Farms
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Climate pollution from wind farms on peat ‘underestimated’
Wind farms on Scotland’s peatland could be doing much more damage to the climate than previously thought.
Windfall: one third of Scotland’s biggest wind farms linked to tax havens
Campaigners say Scotland’s renewable energy wealth is being “looted” by international tax avoiders, and millions in profits “siphoned overseas" into tax havens.
Ministers taken to court for rejecting Buccleuch wind farm
A company set up by the Duke of Buccleuch’s estate is taking Scottish ministers to court in a bid to overturn their rejection of a wind farm.
Revealed: Scottish wind farms owned in tax havens
One of Scotland’s leading wind power developers has come under attack for allegedly avoiding millions of pounds of tax by being owned in the Cayman Islands.
In photos: Orkney’s renewable energy revolution
A photo essay exploring Orkney's renewable energy revolution, with wind, wave and solar power replacing fossil fuel dependency.
Buccleuch wind farm ‘could unearth lead contamination’ from old mines
The Duke of Buccleuch's plan to build a wind farm in southwest Scotland is facing fierce opposition from residents and politicians.
Giant wind turbines are causing health problems, claim villagers
A west coast community is in dispute with a power company over giant wind turbines which are allegedly causing debilitating health problems.
Energy firms prevented porpoise protection
Correspondence released under freedom of information law reveals that two companies warned ministers that a planned conservation area for harbour porpoises could kill their plans for wind farms in the Moray Firth.
Scottish Government protecting wind farms not porpoises, say advisors
Plans to protect endangered porpoises around the Scottish coast have been blocked by the Scottish Government to clear the way for offshore wind farms.
