General Wind Farm Information
Information listed here relates to wind farm developments in general and not to Clashindarroch in particular.
Extracted News Articles
Circulated in emails to Anne Forbes from Victoria Spencer. Download .pdf.
Further News Articles
Compiled from emails. Download .pdf.
'Danish Wind Power'
A personal view by Dr. V C Mason, 22 September 2004.
'Hands across Scotland'
A new campaign is launched to fight windfarms anywhere in Scotland.
'E.ON Wind Year 2003'
A report by E.ON Netz, one of the major wind power suppliers in Germany, reviewing their experience during 2003.
This highlights their difficulties with limitations on availability, forecasting infeed and grid connections.
Links to Newspaper Articles
26 March 2005
'Wind energy endures a gale of hostility'
An article by Aaron Patrick in the Daily Telegraph on 26 March 2005.
To view more go to the original article.
26 February 2005
The menaced landscape
Wind farms? You may as well take a knife to a Constable
Robert Macfarlane
Saturday February 26, 2005
The Guardian
An article about wind farms in general and the proposed Lewis 'farm' in particular
To view more go to the copy of the article.
11 January 2005
Wind turbine row blows on
An article by Steve Dube in the Western Mail on 11 January 2005.
To view more go to the original article.
2 January 2005
Can a divided world tackle global warming in 2005?
An article by Fiona Harvey in the Financial Times on 2 January 2005.
To view more go to the original article.
10th December 2004
NEW REPORT DEBATES ROLE OF WIND POWER IN REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS
A new report published today suggests that the Energy White Papers proposals for CO2 reduction are seriously unbalanced
To view more go to the original article.