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Article: Scotland's 'forest' of wind farms
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- June 9, 2006
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NEARLY 600 square kilometres of Scotland - an area bigger than
North Lanarkshire - will have to be covered with wind farms to meet
renewable energy targets, it was claimed yesterday.
Environmental groups, including the Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds (RSPB), the John Muir Trust and WWF Scotland,
have all expressed concern at the emphasis on onshore wind energy at
the expense of other sources, such as wave, tidal and micro-
renewables.
Anti-wind farm campaigners say it would result in the destruction
of the Scottish countryside if such a large area were given over to
wind farms.
According to a recent report, "The Power of Scotland", by the
Scottish arms of the RSPB, WWF and ...